On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:04:38 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
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>Freespire, Linspire, and Microsoft patents
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>| Microsoft denies that this is the case, and argues that, in particular, the
>| GPLv3 has nothing to do with it. However, with its July 5 Covenant to
>| Customers concerning its Linspire deal, Microsoft is trying to put even more
>| distance between any potential patent claims and the GPLv3.
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>http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7598947159.html
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>Wow. I've never been called "a well-known open-source advocate and author"
>before...
Good for you Roy !
...as for the patent thing, the waters are certainly getting muddy. I
almost wish that the Microsoft thugs would go ahead with their
patent suits just so we could get things cleared up...or maybe it
would become even more entangled.
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