From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=26338
>
> "Excuse me while I go throw up," wrote Pamela Jones, editor of the
> Groklaw.net blog, which tracks legal issues in the free software community.
> "I gather Microsoft no longer thinks Linux is a cancer or communism. Now it
> just wants a patent royalty.
>
> "This is actually really bad news," said Bruce Perens, a
well-known Linux
> advocate. "It sets up Microsoft to assert its patents against all
commercial
> open-source users. The deal is going to be, 'You have to buy
> Microsoft-licensed Linux distribution from Novell or there is an implicit
> threat that Microsoft will assert their patents against you."
>

Hohum.

Depends on where IBM stands on this. You could have had to buy your PCOS
from IBM or IBM could have asserted their patents against you etc.


Adam

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