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____/ Linonut on Sunday 27 July 2008 15:35 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Microsoft's 2002 Plan to Sue Apache
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>>| And then I got stuck with keeping the secret of Microsoft's plans to bring
>>| suit against Open Source developers, for years. All of that time, I felt
>>| that I was being disloyal to my own community. This finally came out after
>>| I was long gone from HP.
>>|
>>| Microsoft backed SCO's lawsuit after releasing this information to HP.
>> `----
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>> http://technocrat.net/d/2008/7/25/46613
>
> You quoted the wrong headline, Roy. Go down a page:
It wasn't there yet, I think.
> Microsoft's 2009 Plan to Sue Apache
>
> However, a licensing dependency injects a control and ownership over
> otherwise Free systems. What is happening to FOSS distros like
> Fedora and Ubuntu have been getting infected with Microsoft's
> licensing (e.g. Mono) could be a risk for Apache. The reminder from
> these HP memos from 2002 is that MS could just be lining up its
> shots for a future lawsuit by using funding to leverage injecting
> proprietary material into general projects like Apache, Ubuntu,
> GNOME, etc., which it appears to be doing, and then cashing in
> (assuming MS is still around). Think a case like SCO but where MS
> has had a few years to ensure contamination has occurred before
> calling in the lawyers.
>
> It's up to regular users to look ahead at the development versions
> and not be chumps about accepting proprietary licensing in FOSS
> projects, especially from recidivist organizations.
Thanks, I almost missed it. I think I know the person who wrote this because I
recognise the arguments and words.
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~~ Best of wishes
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