Once again using some words (public domain) from Gandhi... "First they ignore you,
then they ridicule you, *then they fight you*, then you win." - -- Mahatma Gandhi On 5/16/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
