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Microsoft's SUSE Coupons Have No Expiry Date

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-is-it-ever-a-trap dept.

mw13068 writes "In a recent article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer FSF General Council Eben Moglen points out that the Microsoft SUSE coupons have no expiration date. The result? 'Microsoft can be sure that some coupons will be turned into Novell in return for software after the effective date of GPL 3. Once that has happened, patent defenses will, under the license, have moved out into the broad community and be available to anybody who Microsoft should ever sue for infringement.' Groklaw is also covering the story in it's inimitable way."

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  1. Re:Great, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You know, I fucking love this from you idiots. Fucking love it. You have no idea. You claim to be all for freedom, but deep down you're all proper little Hitlers. You don't care about anyone's freedom except your own. And yet somehow you don't see it??? Your behaviour is so blatant, so open, but you think we can't see it. It boggles the mind. You really really want everyone in the world to fall in line behind you and respect your stupid license, even though you don't fucking respect anyone else's. If you only had any idea how much I fucking despise you people and every fucking last thing you stand for. Seriously. You're everything that's wrong with the world.

  2. They can own it? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    They can own it, so long as they abide by the terms of the GPL, like IBM and everyone else.

    Really? Not two days ago you said "Linux is GPL, so it does not have owners". So which is it?

    I have to say it looks really bad when you can't get your facts straight, especially on a topic like this one.