2007/6/12, Matthew Flaschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sunnz wrote: > 2007/6/11, Lam YongXian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Is it possible to form a community to pull all our funds together to >> fight microsoft? > > > If one is formed, maybe this organisation can spend its fund to get as many > patent as they can, and grants everyone permission to use the patent > provided they also grant everyone to use their patents under the same > condition; that is, GPL for patents, if you like. This is similar to what OIN already does (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Invention_Network). But they should only sue if someone sues GNU/Linux distributors first.
And Novell is one of the founder of OIN? But then they still have this deal with MS... what are they thinking? Are they just getting "free money" from MS? Matt Flaschen
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