Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
> > That means, well, M$ is licensing the gnu/linux OS; which M$ cannot do > unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the viral clause in GPL > applies to M$ patents!!! The clause refering to a royalty-free, non-discriminatory, licence to use any applicable patents is in GPLv3 and not GPLv2, IIRC. Correct me if I'm wrong. Saurabh. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
On 10-May-07, at 9:57 AM, vivek khurana wrote: >> Quoting "Mahesh T. Pai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the >> viral clause in GPL >> >> since when did GPL become viral? >> > > Since its inception. does RMS know? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting "Mahesh T. Pai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the > viral clause in GPL > > since when did GPL become viral? > Since its inception. regrds VK Engineers normally have problem with every solution. If not they have a solution in search of a problem. Disclaimer The facts expressed here belong to everybody, the opinions to me. The distinction is yours to draw... No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
Quoting "Mahesh T. Pai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the viral clause in GPL since when did GPL become viral? kg ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
Mahesh T. Pai wrote: > That means, well, M$ is licensing the gnu/linux OS; which M$ cannot do > unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the viral clause in GPL > applies to M$ patents!!! Microsoft cannot change the license of GPL software. I am sure there lawyers understand this more than anything else. What they are probably doing (and are misunderstood by the press as usual) is that they are allowing Dell in distributing SuSe Linux on OEM machines, which is perfectly fine as they are not modifying the distro as such. What is wrong in all this is that SuSe Linux will get an unfair priority to be preinstalled on Dell machines as compared to other distros. (what happens to the recent news of Ubuntu?). So just like the M$ tax that we we have been jumping about, we have to jump about for SuSe Linux tax too. :) - Sandip ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
Lokesh Bhog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How does this pact affect Linux? > Bad for Microsoft's FUD campaign against Gnu/linux. According to groklaw, Dell purchased licenses for Suse enterprise Linux from Microsoft, NOT from Novell. That means, well, M$ is licensing the gnu/linux OS; which M$ cannot do unless it conforms to the GNU GPL, which means the viral clause in GPL applies to M$ patents!!! In other words, M$ has licensed its so-called patent arsenal to gnu/linux. (I am not longer a lawyer; this is not legal advice, and I have not read the M$-novell-Dell pact.) In Kerala, we have a saying - you will fall into the same pit you dug for others. I guess this is what happened to M$. I suggest that somebody who have enough money to go get a server running SLES from Dell; double quick, with all the sources. -- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.blogspot.com/ free - (adj) able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; free from obligations or duties; not bound to servitude; at liberty. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
How does this pact affect Linux? NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) said on Monday Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL - news) had joined a business collaboration it had with Novell Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL - news) to allow open-source The move makes Dell the first major systems provider to join the Microsoft-Novell collaboration, which consists of a broad set of business and technological agreements to make their products work together better to serve corporate customers using both Linux and Windows computer servers. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/tc_nm/microsoft_novell_dell_dc It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
