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Microsoft Excludes GPLv3 From Linspire Deal
rs232 writes to tell us that Microsoft is excluding any software licensed under the new GPLv3 from their recent patent protection deal with Linspire. "Microsoft has since been treating GPLv3 software as though it were radioactive. 'Microsoft isn't a party to the GPLv3 license and none of its actions are to be misinterpreted as accepting status as a contracting party of GPLv3 or assuming any legal obligations under such license,' the company said in a statement released shortly after GPLv3 was published on June 29. In addition to excluding GPLv3 software from the Linspire deal, Microsoft recently said that it wouldn't distribute any GPLv3 software under its SUSE Linux alliance with Novell, even as it maintains in public statements that the antilawsuit provisions in the license have no legal weight. "
bullet-dodging FUD-slinging bloatware overlords!!!
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On the other side - Theres atleast one thing both Linus Torvalds and MS agree on. They both disagree to GPLv3!!
You say that now, but wait until Microsoft gets bitten by a radioactive license and turns into SuperEULA. You won't find it so funny then.
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Hi Mr. Microsoft Employee!
SuperEULA: able to transform customers into pirates with a single click!
(Ninjas of the world, beware)
All of this gardening lingo has me lost. Can I get this in terms of cars?
They'll just have to whip up "Microsoft SMB Services for Linux" in a couple of weeks and post it as a complimentary download for Novell customers (to be offered to others for the same price as a copy of Windows.)
BALMER: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.