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Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Posted Feb 10, 2007 23:10 UTC (Sat) by b3timmons (guest, #40286)
In reply to: Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris by Nelson
Parent article: Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

That's not FUD, that's not press, that's just a fact, if you play ball with Linux you will never be cut off from your code.

Except in some scenarios involving Tivoization and MS-Novell type of patent agreements. I would expect these scenarios to be on the rise over time.


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Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Posted Feb 11, 2007 8:04 UTC (Sun) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Yes.

Right now people are saying that Microsoft is extracting licensing money from people that are using Linux as long as they promise not redistribute Linux. They are doing this 'under the table'.

Think about that for a second. Microsoft is using patent fud to:
A. charge licensing for Linux.
B. getting people to agree not to redistribute Linux.

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