On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 02:59:34PM -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
> Is any computing platform entirely free ? Is any computer processor perfect
> ? I'd like to know what processors the OpenBSD developers prefer to use.
Some like them wide, some like them fast, some like them old, some
like them hot and some like them rare.
-Otto
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9 September 2011 10:51, Zeljko Jovanovic <zelj...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs>
> > wrote:
> > > They payed a fee to MIPS Technologies only as a sign of good will (and
> > they
> > > didn't want press to write (lie) about some patent nonsense associated
> > with
> > > their product). Officialy, the explanation is that that gives them right
> > to
> > > use the MIPS-compatible labeling.
> >
> > Well, you see, that's precisely what has me worried. (What, me worry?
> > Yes, me worry.)
> >
> > I'd like to call this the MS-SCO manoeuvre:
> >
> > "Major company X paid me to 'license' this, therefore I really own
> > exclusive rights to this (otherwise why would they have paid me), and
> > therefore you, entity Y, have to pay me too."
