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False at least in one part...
The thing that will be worth watching here is "who" gets to play in court because Microsoft (or another vendor) doesn't need to sue anyone, all they need do is ask the court for relief from the GPL-3. As there would be no defendant no one would really have any legal standing in court and at most can offer "friend of the court" filings.

Unfortunately, in the US we have an adversarial system of jurisprudence. There are always two sides and your hypothetical accuser would be forced to name an appropriate adversary by the presiding judge. This rule is Civics 101 stuff.

I thought you were an older American No_Axe? Certainly you had a Civics class? Certainly you remember the basic guarantees of confronting your accuser?
Posted by: John Le'Brecage   Posted on: 06/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3  Loverock Davidson | 06/30/07
Funny...  Tim Patterson | 06/30/07
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We have the freedom we need...  John Le'Brecage | 06/30/07
Excellent!  Tim Patterson | 06/30/07
Show down coming.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/30/07
Transparent  Tim Patterson | 06/30/07
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You assume there is a lot of value in MS protocols and file formats.  DonnieBoy | 07/01/07
Once Again, . . .  JLHenry | 07/02/07
We demand everything you own  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/30/07
Misguided  Tim Patterson | 07/01/07
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And in a Free MArket . . .  JLHenry | 07/02/07
You fell off the turnip truck  Ole Man | 07/02/07
False at least in one part...  John Le'Brecage | 06/30/07
Actually . . .  JLHenry | 07/02/07
(Used to) play for sure  viztor | 07/05/07
What this really mean....  lenohere | 07/06/07
GPL / GNU interpretation must be defined now  author20@... | 08/02/07

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