Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Adobe, Microsoft sued over patents
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> | Microsoft is alleged to infringe the patents in both Internet
> | Explorer 7 and Windows Vista.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41447
Three Patent Trolls fighting over scraps. Phffft.
> At the moment, Red Hat is trying to license WMV from Microsoft (for
> Global Desktop).
Good and bad news. Good because the long term might see services like
Napster, the UK's "Sky Anytime", and other WM services available to
GNU/Linux users (for those who want that sort of thing). Bad because, in
effect, Red Hat are promoting closed standards. What they (and everyone
else) should be doing, is boycotting these services, campaigning against
DRM and closed standards, and promoting Free alternatives - without DRM.
We need to bring more pressure to bear on the industry, not less.
Just over a week 'till the BBC protest:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "Proprietary licenses, the crack cocaine of software finance."
| - Matt Asay, CNET
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