Microsoft seeks input on promise not to sue individuals

Posted Nov 15, 2006 18:09 UTC (Wed) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)
Parent article: Microsoft seeks input on promise not to sue individuals

I did read the page, and I'm suspicious it's not going to go much of anywhere, unless Microsoft sees the vision and converts.

Largely, it seems that people who participate are saying "Why have these covenants? Why not just tell us what infringes your IP and let us fix it? Obviously, because you want to remain the brutal, crushing force you are now."

There are 3 ways I can see this going; (1) some really big, powerful company that supports the GPL will set them right, or (2) people in the Free Software world will figure a way to disarm them somehow. Or, Microsoft will wake up and realize they can actually *gain* by supporting Free Software (less likely of course...)