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Microsoft Excludes GPLv3 From Linspire Deal

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the v3-is-a-hard-sell dept.

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. "

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  1. M$ sucks!!!11! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Burbage dies on pg. 12
    Hedwig dies on pg. 56
    Mad-Eye dies on pg. 78
    Scrimgeour dies on pg. 159
    Wormtail dies on pg. 471
    Dobby dies on pg. 476
    Snape dies on pg. 658
    Fred Weasley dies on pg. 637

    Harry gets fucked up by Voldemort on pg. 704 but comes back to life on pg. 724

    Tonks, Lupin, and Colin Creevy have their deaths confirmed on pg. 743

    19 years after the events in the book:

    Ron has married Hermione, their two children are named Rose and Hugo

    Harry has married Ginny, their three children are named Lily, James, and Albus Severus.

    Draco Malfoy has a son named Scorpius

            The epilogue shows all of the children boarding the train for Hogwarts together.

    The final lines of the book are: "The scar had not pained Harry for 18 years. All was well."

    Plot Spoilers
    Part of Voldemort's soul was implanted into Harry whenever he used Ara Kadvara on him when he was a baby. Harry then sacrafices himself a la Lilly Potter style, which allows him to kill Voldemort without killing himself. He also has hacks (stone to bring him back to life, and an uber wand).

    Snape went to the good side (Hogwarts, etc.) because he was all emo that Voldemort killed Lilly Potter.

    Harry has three kids with Ginny. Ron and Hermoine fall in love.