off:patent deals ?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Rick wrote:
> this is getting way out of hand,
> "Linspire has signed a patent deal with Microsoft"
> 
> Because, they are afraid of MS 234 patent claims in linux.
> MS has sign up 9 or 10 companies as of now, with this kind of tactic.
> 
> When is the Linux community going to stand up, and slap them down,
> where they belong, because, if "WE" (linux) don't MS will have
> a couple of dozen companies, under there patent don't sue us agreement,
> Then they will file a law suit aginst, the other distro's

Xandros and Linspire are screwed when GPLv3 comes out in two weeks.
They won't get the latest changes to GNU, Samba, etc. and soon the
latest GPLv2 programs will have known security vulnerabilities. Their
choices will be fork, back out of the deal, go out of business, or face
a massive lawsuit from the FSF.

Can't say they weren't warned...

Matt Flaschen