____/ Linonut on Friday 06 July 2007 12:35 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, BearItAll belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>>> Microsoft Issues Statement Concerning the GPLv3 and Novell Agreement
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Microsoft issued the following statement concerning the GPLv3 and its
>>> | agreement with Novell:
>>> |
>>> | Microsoft is not a party to the GPLv3 license...
>>> `----
>
> They are if they start distributing code contributed under that license.
>
>>
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/10565/microsoft-issues-statement-concerning-gplv3-novell-agreement
>>
>> You know the irony, I think that Bill Gates of years ago would have welcomed
>> GPLv3, it is the sort of direction he wanted things to go when he was
>> doing, not so much early Windows, but more with the other itmems that MS
>> were involved in, such as the development tools and maybe even Office, he
>> liked that developers could add ideas and functionality and of cause add to
>> the function libs, which now make up MS patents.
>
> Microsoft used to pamper developers (the hand that feeds them), and
> apparently they still do (as long as their using MS tools, that is).
>
> Now they want to cash in on developers using non-MS tools, it seems,
> using patents as a means of coercing them.
>
> So, if you are a developer using Microsoft tools, do you still feel
> safe? Will Microsoft not get you for patent violations as long as you're
> using their tools to do it?
Their profitability is declining (forge the buybacks), so they are desperate to
get money off the next wave of computing. None of this holds water in court,
but the FUD tactics sure are annoying. They are also illegal in some
countries.
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