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Shuttleworth Says No Patent Deals With Microsoft

Posted by kdawson on from the one-domino-not-falling dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "The FOSS press has speculated for some time now that Mark Shuttleworth would probably not agree to any patent 'protection' deals with Microsoft, but blogger Steven Rosenberg has found a page on Shuttleworth's personal blog ('Here Be Dragons') that unambiguously sets out Shuttleworth's opposition to Canonical's participation in any such deal. Rosenberg summarizes Shuttleworth's position in these terms: 'So there you have it — Canonical welcomes any efforts by Microsoft to improve "interoperability," isn't a fan of OpenXML, doesn't want to infringe on anybody's patents or trademarks, thinks Microsoft's threats are ill-advised, and would like to actually deal with the issue rather than respond out of fear.'

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  1. source by wizardforce · · Score: 4, Informative

    here is the source: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/125#comme nt-112738 It is good to know Mark doesn't fold under bogus patent threats like novell/xandros/linspire did. keep up the good work Ubuntu :)

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  2. Is it really so hard... by choongiri · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...to link direct to Shuttleworth's post on his blog?

  3. Re:Everyone kinda knew. by RobertLTux · · Score: 4, Informative

    umm news flash most likely due to folks raising Holy Hell about it they have stated that they will in fact do the 4 year "CompleteCare" on linux systems
    (and i just checked and the option is back up) They said that somebody more or less fat fingered the data base (oops we sowii)

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  4. Re:Who? by jeiler · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shuttleworth runs Canonical Ltd, the folks who sponsor U/Ku/Xu/Edubuntu.

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  5. Better link by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a better link: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/127 This one is a top-level entry in Shuttleworth's blog in which he states his position. The one TFA references is a comment attached to some other blog entry.

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  6. The real story is SJVN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Although it shouldn't come as any surprise, once again SJVN shows his true colors, trolling and misquoting - which is partly what prompted Mark to repeat himself more clearly.

    http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5160975921.html

    Once again, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols proves that he is a Microsoft shill who should be forever ignored by intelligent, thinking people.