Questions remain after Microsoft disavows obligation to GPL 3
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| Microsoft likely foresaw this during the GPL 3 draft process, which is why
| neither the Xandros or Linspire deals included voucher provisions.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070708-microsoft-says-novell-deal-not-affected-by-gpl-3.html
SCO: We never knowingly released code under the GPL. PJ: Did too.
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| SCO seems to have started something, when, after releasing software under
| the GPL for years, it now claims it never knowingly did so. As you know,
| Microsoft has now declared its GPL-virginity as well.
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| [...]
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| I feel like a cad, pointing out SCO slept with the GPL, but there you are,
| in black and white, ladies and gentlemen (and, as Groklaw member pem
| points out, a little bit of red too). Caldera certainly said it
| released its own code under the GPL, and it appears to have
| understood quite well at the time precisely what it was doing.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070607133223453
Related:
Clearing up anti-GPL3 FUD
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| Some of the bad publicity about GPL3 is deliberate. A particularly
| bad article by Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine painted an offensive
| picture of GPL3 and Richard Stallman, even accusing Stallman of
| having sex with flowers (!!!) after Lyons failed to comprehend
| a scientific joke.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/22/16651/
Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks
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| "Let's make it clear that [ACT] is Microsoft's lobbying front and
| that they are going to paint as negative a picture as they can,"
| Perens told eWEEK in an interview.
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| "Obviously, GPL software is displacing Microsoft enough to have
| them concerned, and it's doing it at customers who are important
| to them. A lawyer's job is to scare the other side if they can--because
| they know it's cheaper than winning a case in court," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2112267,00.asp
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