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M$ must give away its patents
If M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.
Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.
Posted by: Linux Geek   Posted on: 10/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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M$ must give away its patents  Linux Geek | 10/15/09
You misspelled tyranny  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
Missing the point.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Thanks for the thoughtful comments  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
I'm happy to chat offline.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Here we go aggain....  Ceridan | 10/15/09
I am the mainstream  Linux Geek | 10/15/09
That, you are not...  BFD | 10/15/09
Maybe in a crowd of one you are mainstream.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/09
Is open source giving up the patent commons?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  midcapwarrior@... | 10/15/09
ISO9000 certified FUD  LBiege | 10/15/09
Non Mono software has about the same patent infringement risk  Johnny Vegas | 10/15/09
Agreed  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
Novell does not speak for Microsoft.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Then let Microsoft speak for themselves  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
Just pointing to the community promise  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Have you read it?  nick.holmes | 10/15/09
But if a promise is not good enough...  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Yes, I've read it  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
Better promises are possible.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
APIs are not patentable  honeymonster | 10/15/09
They haven't patented API's  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Disingenuous  honeymonster | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  super_J | 10/15/09
READ THE ARTICLE !  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  petem@... | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  hal8000 | 10/15/09
Sure  Tim Patterson | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  hal8000 | 10/15/09
call you out  kckn4fun | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  hal8000 | 10/15/09
Jeremy has gone radio silent.  hal8000 | 10/15/09
Of course I'm silent on this.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
But you can speak freely of Open Office.  hal8000 | 10/15/09
That's *funny* happy  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Evasive much?  hal8000 | 10/15/09
If you have legal questions for Google, contact Google.  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/09
Jeremy is playing a lawyer on TV.  hal8000 | 10/15/09
OpenOffice belongs to Oracle (via Sun Microsystems)  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/09
But this is the same situation that Jeremy denounces.  hal8000 | 10/15/09
Novell has an agreement with Microsoft, it does not cover other distributio  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/09
Samba has a separate deal with Microsoft.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Jeremey ignores inconvenient facts.  hal8000 | 10/15/09
If Jeremy is not a lawyer, BOFH, ...  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
Perhaps because he has already gone through this with SaMBa.  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/09
Only his opinion  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
It's just my opinion.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
I am not debating you on this.  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/09
Jeremy, can you help me understand this.  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
Well we're different from Mono because of that deal.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Has Samba created an uneven playing field for open source interop?  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
It *is* eneven.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Samba/Microsoft deal may mean you are safe, but what about everyone else?  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
I think we're going round in circles here.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
Just trying to understand your argument  skeptipotamous | 10/15/09
Good question.  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
The GPL is not a vaccine against patents; It is a self-destruction bomb  hal8000 | 10/15/09
GPLv3 is not magic  JeremyAllison | 10/15/09
So what exactly are you proposing then?  hal8000 | 10/15/09
hal8000, you need to lighten up  Rob Oakes | 10/15/09
Nutjob  jackbond | 10/15/09
The world of open source development  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/09
Not Quite  Tim Patterson | 10/15/09
Spirits? Does such a thing exist?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/09
Thanks Jeremy  Tim Patterson | 10/15/09
I've never understood Mono  Richard Flude | 10/15/09
Java is a sick joke  croberts | 10/15/09
I should have my head examined then  Gerardo.Tasistro | 10/15/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  joe1972 | 10/15/09
If the hat fits, wear it. (nt)  croberts | 10/16/09
RE: Mono-mania: It's risky business  PorkPrick | 10/19/09

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