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Re: Original code

Subject: Re: Original code
From: Alexander Terekhov
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:44:16 +0100
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss


rjack wrote:
> 
> In the ongoing BusyBox GPL lawsuit with Verizon, the
> plaintiffs Rob Landley and Erik Andersen
> must identify the specific source code in which *they*
> claim ownership as the original authors. Does anyone have
> any idea which source code is actually the plaintiffs sole
> original work? The BusyBox site http://www.busybox.net/

Aren't they supposed to have the copyight(s) registered prior to filing
the suit?

I've just checked http://www.copyright.gov/records and it doesn't seem
to have anything from Rob Landley and/or Erik Andersen.

Hmmm.

regards,
alexander.

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