MS Infringing on FOSS IP?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:58 am
I found this article pretty interesting:
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/ ... X1K0000535
Makes me wonder: If this could be the case all the deals MS makes might not be able to help them. That one company that refuses the deal could go after MS. How would their other deals protect them? It's a one against many scenario where the many continues to grow.
But then again, how could any one company go after MS unless that company or organization was something like the OSI or FSF which I doubt would ever enter into an agreement with MS to begin with. No one company speaks for Linux or FOSS so who would spearhead the initiative if not either of those organizations?
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/ ... X1K0000535
Makes me wonder: If this could be the case all the deals MS makes might not be able to help them. That one company that refuses the deal could go after MS. How would their other deals protect them? It's a one against many scenario where the many continues to grow.
But then again, how could any one company go after MS unless that company or organization was something like the OSI or FSF which I doubt would ever enter into an agreement with MS to begin with. No one company speaks for Linux or FOSS so who would spearhead the initiative if not either of those organizations?