yes ;) I was reading the same thing -- If they promise not to sue one
group of people they cannot sue anyone. Somewhere a tiny violin is
playing
On 11/23/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's beginning to look like MS may lose this one big time if Linux
> moves to using GPL3:
>
It's beginning to look like MS may lose this one big time if Linux
moves to using GPL3:
"Suppose GPL3 says something like, 'if you distribute (or procure the
distribution), of a program (or parts of a program) - and if you make
patent promises partially to some subset of the distributees of the
pr
aren't the saying that they have patents that Linux infringes on, and
they agree not to go after anyone who gets it through Novell? Which
pointedly excludes people who buy from Red Hat. Or, presumably,
download an rpm all by themselves.
On 11/22/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It was M
*possibly* but only with SuSe... Linux itself is this nebulous
creature that consists of open source, GNU projects and some private
development.
On 11/22/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It was Microsoft's latest agreement with Novell in which it agreed
> to pay Novell $536 million an
It was Microsoft's latest agreement with Novell in which it agreed
to pay Novell $536 million and promised to share technology in order
to have Windows and Suse Linux interoperate that rang a bell.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/21/48OPreality_1.html
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