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Re: OIN "Every time you use Google, you're using Linux."

____/ John Bailo, Texeme.Construct on Tuesday 07 August 2007 17:03 : \____
 
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/joining-oin.html
> 
> <<<   You'll often hear members of our open source team say, "Every
> time you use Google, you're using Linux." It's absolutely true. Check
> a Google engineer's workstation, and you'll probably find it's running
> Linux. Do a search on Google.com, and a Linux server will return your
> results. Ever since Google got its start, Linux has given us the power
> and flexibility we need to serve millions of users around the world.
> 
> In turn, we feel a strong responsibility to the Linux community, and
> we're always looking for creative ways to put our resources in the
> hands of Linux developers. That's why today we became a licensee of
> the Open Invention Network (OIN), an innovative patent-sharing
> organization founded to create a legally protected environment for
> anyone who works with Linux.
> 
> The concept behind OIN is simple. All OIN licensees, including
> participants such as IBM, Oracle, NEC and Sony, agree to cross-license
> their Linux-related patents to the others free of charge. Patent
> issues therefore become a much smaller concern inside the community,
> and OIN members can focus their energy on writing and releasing
> software rather than vetting their code for intellectual property
> issues. It's the legal equivalent of taking a long, deep breath.
>>>>

Linux advocacy from Google. They could alienate many of their customer, some
whom them hate (read: fear) Linux.

-- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

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