Nice idea, from Ubuntu.
But they are certainly not the first.
Of course, there is Knoppix , which runs Live from a CD. It might be made ready for USB stick also.
And there are other distributions that fit on and are build for a 128Mb USB stick;
for instance 'Damn Small Linux' ( DSL ), which only takes 50Mb of space...
But this might actually be an idea...
You would need only ONE killer patent, say a patent that could be 'upheld' in a court of law,
and which presents REAL added value.
Say 'using tabbed windows within your webbrowser' (for arguments sake, let's assume it ís a 'must-have').
And then of course, the party that owns the patent, allows ONE single 'gnu-licence-policy' club to use that patent.
Say for instance the KDE browser.
Now, as KDE is GPL, every other 'freesoftware' group, could use THAT part of the software, as it is GPL...
Of course, that 'freesoftware' group would have to GPL it's software too...
In that way, that patent is FREE to the GPL-guys, and to nobody else?!
Now, just wait till some non-GLP company, say Microsoft, invades the patent, and let it go to court...
If a large part of government used that software...
As the patent-owner doesn't make software itself, it is not open to counterclaims?!
In a related story: in what's been called a
stunning move by Microsoft, the company side-stepped from the current SCO-IBM battle over the use of proprietary code in the linux kernel after SCO demanded IBM's contributions to a non-existing version of the Linux kernel.
'We no longer believe in the validity of the SCO claims concerning Linux', Microsofts spokesman has been quoted.
First reactions approve of the unexpected move by Microsoft.
In reaction the Microsoft stock rose by almost 2 karma points.
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Nice idea, from Ubuntu. But they are certainly not the first. Of course, there is Knoppix , which runs Live from a CD. It might be made ready for USB stick also. And there are other distributions that fit on and are build for a 128Mb USB stick; for instance 'Damn Small Linux' ( DSL ), which only takes 50Mb of space...
But this might actually be an idea...
You would need only ONE killer patent, say a patent that could be 'upheld' in a court of law, and which presents REAL added value.
Say 'using tabbed windows within your webbrowser' (for arguments sake, let's assume it ís a 'must-have'). And then of course, the party that owns the patent, allows ONE single 'gnu-licence-policy' club to use that patent.
Say for instance the KDE browser. Now, as KDE is GPL, every other 'freesoftware' group, could use THAT part of the software, as it is GPL...
Of course, that 'freesoftware' group would have to GPL it's software too...
In that way, that patent is FREE to the GPL-guys, and to nobody else?! Now, just wait till some non-GLP company, say Microsoft, invades the patent, and let it go to court...
If a large part of government used that software...
As the patent-owner doesn't make software itself, it is not open to counterclaims?!
In a related story: in what's been called a stunning move by Microsoft, the company side-stepped from the current SCO-IBM battle over the use of proprietary code in the linux kernel after SCO demanded IBM's contributions to a non-existing version of the Linux kernel.
'We no longer believe in the validity of the SCO claims concerning Linux', Microsofts spokesman has been quoted.
First reactions approve of the unexpected move by Microsoft.
In reaction the Microsoft stock rose by almost 2 karma points.