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   m4rcone@xs4a11.nl to snuhwolf5150@hotmail.com   
   Re: Arguing over who owns the code...   
   12 Apr 07 16:25:35   
   
   ???hw??f  wrote:   
   > probably some other BeOS fans have seen the controversy about YellowTab   
   > never getting rights to the BeOS source?   
   > Its too bad this has to happen...it might kill off the development   
   > activities of folks like Vasper who worked on BeOS MAX...   
   > BeOS should have been open sourced right after they won their case   
   > against M$...   
      
   You seem to be somewhat unaware of the facts. Pesky little things, those...   
   - Be didn't win a case against Microsoft, they settled.   
   - At the time of the settlement, the code was no longer owned by Be.   
      
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