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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2006-06-01
If Microsoft's lawyers are as good as...well, as good as they are, they know that the GPL isn't subject to this kind of agreement. Which is exactly why they have "skirted round it", as they have more or less admitted.
You mean the lawyers have crafted an agreement within the letter of the law and GPL if not in the "spirit" as defined by FOSS supporters?
RedHat are the ones who are acting legally and honorably in this affair.
You mean the RedHat with its own patent portolio?
If you're really interested in "honesty" and fair play, you should be applauding them and decrying both MS and Novell for acting...Microsoftily.
If Microsoft never signed cross-licensing deals with its competitors you might have a point.
But they do. And you don't.
Edited 2006-12-16 19:15