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Just because Christoph decided to sell his code for something that isn't money, doesn't mean you can use it without paying.

The harm is in how VMWare's customers are being denied the very generous conditions Christoph extended to VMWare and everyone else who benefits from using that code.

And, by the way, who appointed Christoph McCann arbiter of what it good and valuable in this world?

The present lawsuit is about that, and Christoph Hellwig is suing as a Linux rightsholder.

This article is actually an interview with Christoph Reuter about the book he wrote.

On the other hand, I know Christoph enough to know how insanely smart and persistent he is.

TL;DR: Christoph Koch says that 1) Make a really complex system.

>> And, by the way, who appointed Christoph McCann arbiter of what it good and valuable in this world?

How does that hurt Christoph or anyone else?

I am sure the basis for this lawsuit would be weak but VMWare may not care since they have the money while Christoph does not.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99), aphorist and satirist.

(It is also a political statement because of the preamble text, but that is neither here nor there for the purposes of this issue.) So Christoph did not donate his code; he put it out for use with specific terms and conditions.

Christoph is going to go to the judge and say the German equivalent of "your honor, VMWare is distributing my copyrighted work without permission.

The article seems to get upset about this event: "They took Christoph's code from Linux and modified it to work with their own kernel without releasing source code of the resulting complete work." So that's the harm?

Anyway, to conclude: I don't believe there's anything sexist about using "he" or "she" (or whatever other form of gender) in communication the way the author (christoph) used it.

Perhaps the answer is: "Christoph worked so hard on it, and gave such expertise and so much time, and now his work is providing benefit to others with no further benefit to himself." I would certainly agree in general that if you work hard on something and someone else steals your work and benefits from it instead of you, then this is a clear and deplorable harm.

Namely, there was a major violation regarding Linux itself that ultimately became Christoph's key complaint in this lawsuit.

VMWare lawsuit, where SFC represents a single contributor to Linux Kernel (Christoph Hellwig).

I think I understand that the answer is that your generously donated code (Christoph's in the article) may then be taken into private hands and used to benefit a commercial company.