[lug] A war to Free World?

[Riggs, Rob]

I think that they are really worried that if they use(d) any of this
substandard and vulnerable GPL code in their own product, that they'll be
forced to release parts of their codebase under the GPL.

It's actually a legitimate concern, since their codebase could be "GPL
booby-trapped" by a disgruntled employee, and now that they are actually
exposing their code to their partners, this fact could be discovered.

The fact of the matter is that the FSF has always been extremely cordial
when trying to resolve GPL license disputes. (Though one must wonder how any
meeting between the evil empire and the FSF over a GPL violation would
go...)

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Branaman [mailto:tbranam at firstworld.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 1:08 PM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: RE: [lug] A war to Free World?


Yea, I've notices that open source software has *so* much more "product
instability", since it doesn't crash or freeze several times a day like
Windoze ;-)

I'm curious about his claim that it will lead to "a breakdown of common
industry design standards that could force valuable intellectual property
into the public domain." Even if there *were* a breakdown of standards (like
that would be anything new), HOW does that force ANYTHING into the public
domain???? Besides, isn't that what happens to new technology after the
patent runs out anyway?

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
Behalf Of John Starkey
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 12:40 PM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: [lug] A war to Free World?


Looks like M$ took a bold step today. Kinda funny. The monopoly vs
what... the people?

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_1.html

Oh well.

John

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