Is Microsoft Claiming Ownership Of Embedded Linux?
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| The question, of course, is why Kyocera Mita would need a patent from
| Microsoft to enhance products built on embedded Linux. Is it adding
| proprietary Microsoft technology on top of embedded Linux?
|
| Could be…
|
| Or is this a case of Kyocera Mita accepting a claim by Microsoft that
| embedded Linux is among the 235 open source technologies Microsoft insists it
| owns.
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| Microsoft says the deal "delivers on our promise to continue to build a
| bridge between open source and proprietary software and technologies."
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/11/is_microsoft_cl.html
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Alan Cox Interview
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| Personally I think it's a bad idea and that Novell are going to
| get stung by the GPLv3, and rightfully so. The license is designed
| to keep the software free, if it fails to do this then it needs
| fixing, so GPLv3 hopefully will fix this flaw.
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http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/rozhovory/alan-cox?page=1
What the Microsoft/Xandros deal means for Linux
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| Warming up to his theme, Woodford continued, "So far Microsoft
| hasn't revealed any legitimate claims of intellectual property
| infringement. Their strategy appears to be to coerce weak
| players in the Open Source space to fold. This is reminiscent
| of the play made by SCO a few years ago, which some say was
| financed by Microsoft. Maybe that was just their trial run."
|
| Then, he launches his main assault on the partnership, "I'm
| reminded of Neville Chamberlain waiving his agreement with Hitler
| in the air and declaring peace in his time. Linux vendors should
| be reminded that, if you give your lunch money to a bully, the
| bully does not go away. Who will have the cohones to just say
| no? The Linux community may not like the answer, but the only
| name that comes to mind is -- Larry Ellison."
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4862361523.html
Memo to Xandros CEO: you're better off selling potatoes
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| It's amusing to note that a man becomes a recognisable public
| figure only after he's signed a deal that could well mean the
| demise of his company. Strange indeed are the ways of
| mega-corporations.
|
| [...]
|
| Incredibly, a patent cross-licensing deal was signed without
| once discussing patents. Now how could anyone imagine that
| people would talk about patents when they were signing
| such a deal? Silly me!
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12770&Itemid=1091
http://tinyurl.com/3bk78y
Xandros layoffs? Just staffing 'adjustments'
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| "About three weeks ago I started to see strange faces pop up in
| the conference room, and they turned out to be investors. Then
| one weekend, someone had cleaned out a [seldom-used] room and
| given it to an investor as an office. A week later we were canned."
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/206213
Xandros Linux signs up for Microsoft patent protection
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| Microsoft will provide Xandros users with a patent covenant that
| protect users of the software from intellectual property claims.
| Microsoft will provide the patent license directly to the end user,
| which allows it to circumvent patent licensing requirements in the
| General Public Licence (GPL) that governs Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| Co-author of the GPLv3 Eben Moglen has denounced exclusive patent
| deals with Microsoft as a "divide and conquer" tactic that is
| designed to break up the open source community.
|
| Microsoft and Xandros declined to comment on the implications of
| GPLv3 on the deal, pointing out that licence is currently in a
| draft stage and might still change.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=53516&src=site-marq
Clubbing baby Linux penguins
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| So when Microsoft says it respects other people's intellectual
| property, what everyone is thinking is, That's not true. Microsoft
| doesn't respect the GPL, and that's other people's property.
| Microsoft is just trying to kill off a competitor. Again.
|
| Even Sys-con even got it right this time, or at least the
| headline: Microsoft Spits in GPL Creator Richard Stallman's Eye.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070611082734557
Doing the Microsoft patent dance
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| And please, Novell and Xandros, don't whine that Microsoft pulled a
| fast one on you, and reiterate that open source is clean. No one
| needed you to tell them that. Innocent until proven guilty in
| this country. And especially in light of all the evidence that
| points against such claims.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/06/doing_the_micro.html
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