Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Martin Schulze
Robert Millan wrote: Hi, Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to possible patent deals with Microsoft, I thought we could do the same. Actually, it's totally unthinkable that a non-profit organization could do this kind of deal, in which Microsoft pays

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:08:16PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/20/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to possible patent deals with Microsoft, I thought we could do the same. Actually, it's totally

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Florian Weimer
* Robert Millan: Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to possible patent deals with Microsoft, I thought we could do the same. The patent deals between Microsoft and Linux vendors that have been announced so far deal with issues that do not seem particularly

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On to, 2007-06-21 at 15:25 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: The patent deals between Microsoft and Linux vendors that have been announced so far deal with issues that do not seem particularly relevant for the Debian project (except for the promise not to sue some people). Hey, that's an excellent

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:08:16PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/20/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to possible patent deals with Microsoft, I thought we could do the same. Actually, it's totally

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:50:21AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:08:16PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/20/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to possible patent deals with

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-21 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:25:32PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: If Microsoft promises not to sue us, our mirror operators, and or end users, for no compensation except a joint press release (we haven't got much more we can offer anyway), it would be very stupid to reject such a deal. A

Help...information please

2007-06-21 Thread raygagne
 I realize that I may have the wrong place, however I'm hoping that I might also have the right people. The information I seek is this: Is Libranet 2.8 or 3 still available? If so how can I obtain it? All I know is that it was based on Debian. Google and like company carry information

Re: Help...information please

2007-06-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:57:43PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I realize that I may have the wrong place, however I'm hoping that I might also have the right people. The information I seek is this: Is Libranet 2.8 or 3 still available? Unfortunately, Libranet was a father and