Hyman Rosen wrote:
On 3/23/2010 5:37 PM, RJack wrote:
RMS's GNUtian acolytes may believe this tripe about patents but
that doesn't make it true in the world of real people.
Microsoft believed it well enough:
<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/misc/07-05statement.mspx>
Microsoft is not 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.
While there have been some claims that Microsoft’s distribution of
certificates for Novell support services, under our interoperability
collaboration with Novell, constitutes acceptance of the GPLv3
license, we do not believe that such claims have a valid legal basis
under contract, intellectual property, or any other law. In fact, we
do not believe that Microsoft needs a license under GPL to carry out
any aspect of its collaboration with Novell, including its
distribution of support certificates, even if Novell chooses to
distribute GPLv3 code in the future.
Composed by the best copyright lawyers that $50 billion dollars
can buy. List all the patents nullified by the GPLv3 as of 3/23/2010:
1)
2)
3)
4)
ROFL.
Furthermore, Microsoft does not grant any implied or express patent
rights under or as a result of GPLv3, and GPLv3 licensors have no
authority to represent or bind Microsoft in any way.
At this point in time, in order to avoid any doubt or legal debate on
this issue, Microsoft has decided that the Novell support
certificates that we distribute to customers will not entitle the
recipient to receive from Novell, or any other party, any
subscription for support and updates relating to any code licensed
under GPLv3. We will closely study the situation and decide whether
to expand the scope of the certificates in the future.
Microsoft released this statement in order to take the heat off Novell's
co-operating with them in July 2007.
LMAO.
Sincerely,
RJack :)
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