In the beginning: When this linux-child was born, like all Spartans, he was inspected.
For the strength of the code lies only in its openness. ---oOo--- The Threat: Microsoft Messenger: Choose your next words carefully, Leon-ix-idas. They may be your last as king. Linux: You bring the skulls and crowns of conquered corporations to my desktop, you insult my queen, and you threaten my people with lawsuits and FUD! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Microsoft. Perhaps you should have done the same! *kick* ---oOo--- The preliminary skirmishes : Microsoft : Send in the SCOuts to test the strength of these Spartan defences. Linux : Our Unix ancestors built this wall. Using ancient stones from the bosom of Greece herself. And with a little Spartan help, your Microsoft-sponsored SCOuts supplied the mortar. ---oOo--- The battle: Microsoft : A thousand lawyers of the Microsoft empire descend upon you. Our patents will blot out the sun! Linux : Then we will code in the shade ! ---oOo--- The aftermath: Narrator: The world will know that freemen stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and that before this battle is done, that even a god king can bleed. Microsoft: WTF happened ? Who threw that chair ? On 5/15/07, Bipin Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > X-No-Archive: > > > > > Now that Microsoft had identified the infringements, it could try to > > > > seek royalties. But from whom? FOSS isn't made by a company but by a > > > > loose-knit community of hundreds of individuals and companies. One > > > > possibility was to approach the big commercial Linux distributors > like > > > > Red Hat and Novell that give away the software but sell subscription > > > > support services. However, distributors were prohibited from paying > > > > patent royalties by something whose very existence may surprise many > > > > readers: FOSS's own licensing terms. > > > > > > > > Contd...Follow the above link. > > > > > > > > --- > > arr... suspense..... n it bugs anyone enough to click that link. > > thanks > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
