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____/ Homer on Tuesday 04 August 2009 04:31 : \____
> For those who might want to keep an eye on what the Vole is injecting
> into the software we use:
>
>
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/gregkh-07-staging/
>
> The consolidated patch is here:
>
>
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/gregkh-07-staging-2.6.31-rc5.patch
>
> This is essentially what it adds:
>
> . Microsoft Hyper-V client drivers
> . Microsoft Hyper-V virtual storage driver
> . Microsoft Hyper-V virtual block driver
> . Microsoft Hyper-V virtual network driver
>
> The kernel config options are listed as:
>
> . CONFIG_HYPERV
> . CONFIG_HYPERV_STORAGE
> . CONFIG_HYPERV_BLOCK
> . CONFIG_HYPERV_NET
>
> Here's the license:
>
> ######
> Copyright (c) 2009, Microsoft Corporation.
>
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
> for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
>
> Authors:
> Hank Janssen <hjanssen[at]microsoft.com>
> ######
>
> Oh and BTW, after removing all the non-Microsoft copyrighted code from
> the above consolidated patch, all the diff declaration headers, and all
> the empty lines, the number of lines remaining (i.e. the actual /code/
> Microsoft generously "contributed") is 14,010, which is a good six
> thousand lines short of Microsoft's claim.
>
> That's OK though ... it's six thousand fewer lines for me to remove.
Look at the Melco case again. It turns out that Microsoft SUED them (like it
sued TomTom)...
Microsoft is suing Linux users.
Yeah... Microsoft.... real contributor to Linux!
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