David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <terek...@web.de> writes: > > > Seriosly, as for Dan Wallace, I've told him > > > > "I suggest you file a request for hearing en banc. If the > > price for doing it is a restraint, please let me know." > > > He replied: > > > This appellate level ruling completely peels The United States > > Department of Justice's Antitrust Division off Microsoft's back. > > > > Microsoft is is now FREE, FREE, FREE to leverage its' software > > patents against open source software. > > > > This ruling signed a death warrant for free software. So why > > intercede? > > There are a lot of death warrants being signed for free software, not > least of all in this group.
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/mar10/03-03IODataPR.mspx (I-O Data Signs Linux Software Patent Agreement With Microsoft) "... the company has entered into more than 600 agreements and continues to develop programs that make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsofts significant research and development investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio. In recent years, Microsoft has entered into patent agreements with other leading companies that use Linux for their embedded devices, including Brother International Corp., Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Kyocera Mita Corp., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and TomTom International BV." regards, alexander. P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the originality standards required by copyright law." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss