From: Joe Barr 

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 10:52:19 -0400, William F. Zachmann wrote:

> IBM used to (perhaps still does) include some open source GPL code in
> WebSphere.  As I recall, IBM included, in the software license boilerplate,
> a disclaimer of some sort disputing (if not outright denying) the legitimacy
> of the GPL license.  I don't recall the details very well, though.  Does
> anyone else?
>
> As I search my memory, I think maybe it was related to Apache.
>
> All the best,
>
> will

I don't remember that, Will, but I do remember that their contributions
directly to Apache are how IBM established their credentials with the open
source community and got off to a good start with them from the very
beginning.  Given their rep in the free/open source world, I doubt
seriously that IBM ever dissed the GPL the way you suggest, or if they did,
it wasn't for very long.



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