John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Microsoft courts Red Hat
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "We are vendors in the same marketplace. We have made it clear that
>> | we would love to have a deal similar to the Novell deal in multiple
>> | respects. Microsoft would very much like to do a deal with Red Hat."
>
> There's a beautiful symmetry to this.
>
> If Novell makes a deal, then Linux gets protection.
>
> If RedHat doesn't make a deal, then Linux gets freedom.
>
>
> So, at this point, Linux is both protected and unemcumbered.
>
> The only loser here is Microsoft, who is paying Novell not to be sued,
> and yet can be sued by RedHat.
Um, interesting take on the position. I would say, also, though that
the potential linux customer base is also a loser, as they are most
certainly affected by the legal fud. I've had many internal discussions
with our legal folk in this area, much of which have been driven by
misapprehension of risk directly driven by this kind of fud.
Fortunately, however, things seem to be improving; the last legal chap
I had a discussion with was an ex-systems guy who'd retrained as a
lawyer, so understands the GPL both from a software and a legal
perspective.
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