On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:02:06 -0700, Bruce wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> > > Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:. > >..going after retail chains, means they lose _all_ their business > >on all things that run Linux, not just ZTE cell phones, washing > >maschines, stoves, etc, once they lose their license to Linux. > > I work for large corporations that have already had problems with > third-parties passing them Free Software in a product design without > any advice on how to comply with the license or indeed the source > code necessary to do so. > > To deal with this problem, they put a boiler-plate legal statement in > their standard vendor contract requiring that the vendor promise not > to convey any Open Source software to them. I have had to sign that > several times! Fortunately for my business, I am only giving those > customers advice about how to deal with Open Source. But someone > whose business is software engineering using Open Source would be > screwed before they start. ..the solution is get them to put their source in their boiler plate templates. And, I see we'll wind up agreeing on the how etc. ;o) > So, maybe prosecuting the stores won't have the effect you desire, > and will just get the ones who have not already banned use of Open > Source in products to do so. ..I think we are past that hurdle now, I don't see how Norwegian mall chains can stay competitive on Nokian Wintendo or Apple etc and no Linux nor Android, we have tasted too much sweet candy to accept 3'rd class junk. ;o) Just do one chain at the time. ;o) > In working out a strategy to deal with a recalcitrant company, we > have to think about these things. We may not choose some weapons > because they are likely to backfire. ..or use the backfire to set off the next stage in the chain. ;o) > Thanks > > Bruce -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
