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Re: yet another MS Linux covenant ..

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> __/ [ Nerdwizard ] on Thursday 07 June 2007 21:13 \__
> 
>> Guy Fawkes wrote:
>>> "Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
>>> news:f498qc$jll$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> "Microsoft Wednesday inked another cross-licensing patent agreement,
>>>> this time with South Korea's LG Electronics, covering the company's
>>>> Linux-based embedded devices"
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132662-c,companynews/article.html
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft. Novell, Xandros, Samsung, Fuji Xerox
>>>>
>>>> Novell, Capgemini, Microsoft
>>>>
>>>> Dell, Microsoft, Novell
>>> 
>>> If these idiots want to pay, let them. But other manufacturers will make
>>> more profit on their devices because they're smart enough to know there
>>> aren't going to be any lawsuits brought against them by Microsoft.
>>> There's absolutely no reason to pay Microsoft for anything unless they
>>> spill the beans and tell us what patents they think they have against
>>> Linux and other open-source software.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> The patent threats are fantasies in the mind of Steve Ballmer.  But,
>> they are designed for a purpose.  MS is actually getting permission to
>> use patents, with little of the trouble they used to have.
>> 
>> Up through 2005, MS had paid out on at least 400 lawsuits for royalties
>> that they owed, copyright fraud, and for theft of IP.
>> 
>> Now, with this scenario, they get to use the patents and copyrighted
>> materials of Novell, LG, Xandros, plus, all of the "Trusted Partners"
>> certainly have some extra options in their deals.
>> 
>> And it doesn't lose them the million$ in fines, for the fraud charges!
>> 
>> Yes, it might intimidate some very stupid people, also, enticing them to
>> come to foolish suggested conclusions.
>> 
>> There are no 'beans' to spill.  It is Chicken Little, screaming "the sky
>> is falling!".  Don't believe what comes out of the mouths of fools.
> 
> Someone in Groklaw said it's intended to pressure Linus not to choose the
> GPLv3.
> 

Well, someone in Groklaw seems to have spilled more than just a few marbles

Linus Torvalds has always been against the GPL3, and with good reasons

Just tell us: What GPL will the next kernels have? Just a small hint: it is
below a certain #3

If *that* were not the case, the howling and wailing would not to be
overheard, since most people could forget about enabling 3D in their
nnVidia cards
-- 
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way
before it is understood.


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