xaos wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 00:39 -0400, Matthew Flaschen wrote: >> member greenarrow1 wrote: >>> I cannot figure out why Kevin from Linspire decided to partner up with >>> Microsoft mainly because he was one of the biggest protesters about >>> the Novell/MS deal. >> Really? Do you have a source for this? > > This letter would seem to contradict his current stance. > > http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter_archives.php?id=36
Thanks. It's hard to see how: "This part of their agreement, by its very nature, suggests two things: 1) that Microsoft HAS IP in open source Linux, and 2) that Microsoft should be paid a licensing fee for this IP. I don't think the rest of the world agrees with these points, or that they've ever been proven in any court. By making such assertions, and now with Novell as their poster child for these claims, Microsoft is in a position to either try to kill open source Linux with exorbitant fees, or to make sure they share in its success, should they prove unable to kill it." doesn't apply to Linspire's own patent covenants, regardless of rationalizations. Matthew Flaschen _______________________________________________ Advocate mailing list [email protected] http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate
