Oldtech wrote:
>Why do you think that contractual agreements visa vi copyrighted
>material is any different? By the agreement already entered via
>contract between Microsoft and Novell, Microsoft agreed to abide by the
>terms of the GPL.
GPL2, not 3.
>Microsoft has two issues:
>
>1. By continuing to issue certificates for Novell Open Source products,
>Microsoft agrees to abide by the terms of the GPLv3.
Says who?
>2. Honoring the terms of any previously issued certificate, after the
>date of the GPLv3, Microsoft binds itself to the new GPLv3.
Says who?
>If Microsoft breaks that contract, Novell can sue in Court.
Yeah, taking M$ to court with a weak case is *exactly* the position
one wants to find themselves in.
>Microsoft's legal department has entered the maze so similar to those
>traps they are so adept at setting for others. I wonder how they
>couldn't see this.
>
>I am gleeful whenever I see the tyrant brought down by the very guile so
>often used to oppress the weak consumer.
Wishful thinking.
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