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I know what to do. Not like this isn't done all the time anyway...
Open source companies have to make patents of their own, ones that MS would need. Like say apply for a patent to methods used to print "Hello world" using XML (you can't teach a programmer how to do anything without that, right?). That way they can use their patents as a bargaining chip with MS.

Novell would be the best company to do this, because they are the caretakers of Mono. So they would (or should) know best what MS would need. Apply for, and hopefully attain, patents that MS would need for Longhorn, and licence it so anybody using the GPL could use it, but nobody else. Unless of course, a company would be willing to let GPL programmers use some of their patents, then maybe exceptions could be made.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 02/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Patents are a MESS  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Another way of putting it  IT_User | 02/12/04
Did you just arrive from another planet?  km4hr@... | 02/12/04
MS has used  michael-t | 02/12/04
They DID learn a new trick, PATENTS!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Must not have been around long  zd-spam | 02/12/04
Squash all competition? No, just open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Trust them - LOL  Update victim | 02/13/04
Now that everybody has weighed in...  IT_User | 02/13/04
i plan to patent  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Let see  michael-t | 02/12/04
Hold on a minute!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
maybe  ryusen | 02/12/04
It is strange that  michael-t | 02/12/04
what...patents arent important  jimk_z | 02/12/04
How can you patent the already obsolete?  jorwell | 02/13/04
Huh? Their schema isn't obsolete.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
No it is XML that is already obsolete  jorwell | 02/13/04
You really need to look at Longhorn.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I hope so...  jorwell | 02/14/04
One thing you can count on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I know what to do. Not like this isn't done all the time anyway...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
How do you license GPL'ed code?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Yes, EVERYONE has the right to use it freely...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
And that's why it won't happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
How?  Update victim | 02/13/04
Don't see how that would work at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Open source is currently...  IT_User | 02/13/04
On a level playing field that might happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Large or small corporations  IT_User | 02/13/04
XML and OTHER LANGUAGES  Update victim | 02/13/04
Like it or not, the patent was granted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04

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