Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

[Bill Tillman]

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From: C. P. Ghost <cpghost at cordula.ws>
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Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
> It is possible that Microsoft is going the way of SCO -- into its grave,
> having hung all its hopes on litigation.  Along the way, though, it will
> probably do a lot of damage to a lot of people, projects, and businesses,
> and I just hope it doesn't get as far as the FreeBSD project or any
> FreeBSD users before things come crashing down.

Right!

Let's also hope that most patents that could harm us (should there
be some lurking out there) will have expired by then. Unless Congress
pulls a Mickey Mouse Protection Act-lookalike on patents by extending
them just as they did with Copyright.

But as usual with Congress, I wouldn't hold my breath: they aren't
exactly known for enacting reasonable and sensible laws. Especially
not when heavily lobbied by mega corps with deep pockets like MSFT,
Oracle, Apple and so on. Yes, things will get really nasty once those
corporations go the way of the SCO.

> (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.  This is not legal advice.  Et cetera.)
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

Regards,
-cpghost.

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For M$ to talk about patent infringment is like the kettle calling the pot black.
Ever take a copy of M$ ftp.exe and place it on a unix machine and then run
this on it:

strings.exe ftp.exe | grep Copyright

Just see what you find there.

And don't forget, if you've got an operating system...you didn't build that.
Someone else did.