Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Posted Oct 10, 2018 17:04 UTC (Wed) by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642)Parent article: Microsoft joins Open Invention Network
I just posted a call for Microsoft to upstream exfat into Linux as a show of good faith that their intention is to stop patent shakdowns against the software freedom community. I urge everyone to carefully read the OIN agreement and their Linux System Definition to understand the limits of OIN's limited patent non-aggression pact.
Posted Oct 10, 2018 17:23 UTC (Wed)
by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470)
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> the non-aggression pact only applies to the upstream versions of software, including Linux itself.
Why there is a need to ask Microsoft to submit the exfat code themselves to upstream?
Posted Oct 10, 2018 18:02 UTC (Wed)
by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642)
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Posted Oct 11, 2018 8:43 UTC (Thu)
by abraxis (guest, #34961)
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Posted Oct 11, 2018 23:08 UTC (Thu)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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Cheers,
Posted Oct 10, 2018 17:53 UTC (Wed)
by david.a.wheeler (subscriber, #72896)
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Posted Oct 10, 2018 20:44 UTC (Wed)
by armijn (subscriber, #3653)
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Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Microsoft doing the upstreaming themselves gives the other benefits I mentioned in my blogpost. Remember that any company can withdraw from OIN's non-aggression pact at any time. IIRC, there is a cooling off period when they do, but after that period, they are no longer bound by it and can begin patent aggression again even on patents that were covered by the pact. The OIN pact is really a measure of "what's safe today?", and really not "what will be safe tomorrow?".
Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Microsoft should take next steps to show good faith.
Wol
What patent is still valid?
What patent is still valid?