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You make the case for me... Don't want to hand...
Don't want to hand over the code you invested huge amounts of time and money in, do NOT use anything touched by the GPL.

Yup, simple it is...
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Only solution is an MS SmartPhone...  Mike Cox | 10/14/05
We always suspected  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/14/05
At least they're being discrete...  thetargos | 10/14/05
Nice one Mike!!  thetargos | 10/14/05
MCSEs EXPOSED  matrixdomain | 10/15/05
Wonder howe many more cell OEMs they will sue?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/05
At Least The Phone Won't Crash In Mid-Conversation  itanalyst | 10/14/05
MS-Smart phones  thetargos | 10/14/05
Dude! Stop! You're . . .  jjworleyeoe | 10/14/05
troll, troll, troll yer boat  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/14/05
We are still waiting for you  Linux User 147560 | 10/14/05
*repeatedly* (emphasis on "repeatedly")*up* the streeeeeemmm (NT)  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/14/05
Encumbered it is, encumbered I will call it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
No you you deal with the fact  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Did someone crap in your wheaties?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
Let see...  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
One voice draws a crowd... The crowd grows...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
Oh your a card!  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Card? You mean like the people changing the GPL?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
As shall I with patent encumbered software  Sabz5150 | 10/15/05
Deal with it  JusPassinThrough | 10/16/05
You're as funny as Rockie  Sabz5150 | 10/14/05
merrily, merrily, merrily.......  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/14/05
Uh, that's why they were sued I guess.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
The only ones sued were those that refused to comply with the license.  DonnieBoy | 10/15/05
Exactlly right, encumbered source is an invitation to being sued.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
So are patent violations  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Yes, there are many patent violations in encumbered source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
With open source, you are assured that developers will not sue you.  DonnieBoy | 10/15/05
Wrong Donnie, dead wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
You have the same problem with closed source software.  DonnieBoy | 10/16/05
When you use software, you are INVITED to abide by the license.  DonnieBoy | 10/15/05
You make the case for me... Don't want to hand...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
Take router makers. They can be to market in no time flat with GPLed  DonnieBoy | 10/16/05
They violated the license...  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Exactly, hand over all your code or else!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
Wrong again old man  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Well little boy, no one said they didn't "understand"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Little boy, now we see your  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
If I am an old man, then your a little boy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Okay I see the lights are on but  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Anybody with brains would read the license before making a derivitive work  DonnieBoy | 10/16/05
Exactly, hand over all your code or else!!!  JusPassinThrough | 10/16/05
Oh, it's no secret and we will talk about it  Sabz5150 | 10/15/05
The differnece is you aren't FORCED to give awy your investment  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
Refer to post below.  Sabz5150 | 10/15/05
Once more unto the breach...  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
Pay close attention!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Kinda like the SCO suit ??? Can you say "lead balloon"?  Plain Logic | 10/15/05
I think he is saying that open source developers will sue OEMs for failure  DonnieBoy | 10/15/05
Of course No_Axe_to_grind isn't clear  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
MS doesn't FORCE anyone to give their code away.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
What is it that you don't get?  Sabz5150 | 10/15/05
I suggest you read the article again...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
And this forces them to give away oroprietary software how?  Sabz5150 | 10/15/05
Message has been deleted.  Monkey_MCSE | 10/15/05
When encumbered source folks fail, they crawl in the gutter..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
shared source = encumbered source  B.O.F.H. | 10/15/05
Loittle BOFH, were you struggling to amke a point of some kind?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
What's a "Loittle"? . . . wink . . . (nt)  Plain Logic | 10/16/05
RE: What's a "Loittle"? . . . wink . . . (nt)  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
With MS, you have to beg and plead for changes, tell them exactly how to do  DonnieBoy | 10/16/05
what the hell is "encumbered source"?  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/05
Pay attention to my posts and be enlightened.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
all you have to do is make a call interface and put your proprietarycode...  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/05
Are you saying they will use the entire kernel  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
No  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Hey!  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
No_ax, you truely are pathetic  Monkey_MCSE | 10/15/05
What a cute little (useless) rant you throw.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/05
"my task is to inform developers" chosen or paid for...  hipparchus2000 | 10/15/05
What motivates me? Truth.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Message has been deleted.  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Demonstrating your intelligence again?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Just following  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
New flash slick  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/05
You have to work harder on your personal attacks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Personal attack?  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Your the second coward to say that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Right!  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
No_Axe - what happened to your Red Hat server?  Iain_Peters | 10/16/05
Sitting there doing it's job.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Really! Oh enlightned one point us to the new  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
If I send you $5 will you promice  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/16/05
Keep your $5.00  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Linux User 147560, It's obvious No_Ax can't read. Don't waste your time  Plain Logic | 10/16/05
RE: Linux User 147560, It's obvious No_Ax can't read. Don't waste your time  Linux User 147560 | 10/16/05
Don't feed trolls, it only encourages them (nt)  Fred Fredrickson | 10/17/05
Linux Powered  wadeprater | 10/15/05
linux in the title, and the MS zealots are out  hipparchus2001 | 10/16/05
Whole hearted agreement - the OS is irrelevant  Fred Fredrickson | 10/17/05

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