Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 22:51 UTC
While Microsoft may cast the Nov. 2 patent cooperation agreement it pushed on new partner Novell Inc. as a way to protect corporate users of the SUSE Linux operating system from potential lawsuits, CIOs today said they weren't worried in the first place.
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2006-01-19
Well, I know that such an agreement would have to look like: Redhat, IBM, OSDL, ... agree they will not sue Microsoft or their customers for patent infringement.
In turn, Microsoft agrees to not sue any distributor or user of FOSS for distributing or using said FOSS.
The FSF and many others would definitely agree to such a contract, but Microsoft will not, because everyone else could still sue THEM.
Microsoft does not enter into contracts which leave them at a slight disadvantage. Microsoft also does not trust someone, they are a sad lot.