Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Dec 2006 21:12 UTC
"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care", said FSF program administrator John Sullivan."
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Cross-licensing agreements are incompatible with the spirit of the GPL.
Thats a counter argument. (I don't agree with it)
Lying about Linux not violating Microsofts IP is not.
Microsoft signs cross-licensing deals with a lot of companies. They aren't singling out FOSS except that the FOSS won't sign (except for Novell) and too many FOSS cultists act like they are being singled out and deny reality.
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geuppzP4RFk1YBs0ZXNyoA?p=cros...
Edited 2006-12-16 18:50