ca me d�goute.. mais d'un autre cot�, ca montre bien qu'ils tremblent dans leurs basquettes ces nains de chez Crosoft. La r�volution arrive, Tremblez fourniseeurs de solutions propri�taires, le monde du logiciel libre est en pleine mont�e en puissance ...
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:26:31PM +0200, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:24:34 +0200 (CEST) > From: Alexandre Dulaunoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [asbl-libre] Microsoft prohibits GPLed work via licensing of CIFS > standards > > > ! URGENT ! > > http://www.advogato.org/article/453.html > > Microsoft prohibits GPLed work via licensing of CIFS standards > Posted 4 Apr 2002 by atai (Journeyer) > > In its continuous battle against the GPL, Microsoft is trying a new > tactic, a combination of patent claims and licensing of technical > standards. In the "Royalty-Free CIFS Technical Reference License > Agreement", Microsoft defines the GNU GPL as an "IPR Impairing License" > and requires companies not to distribute their implementations of the CIFS > specification "in any manner that would subject such Company > Implementation to the terms of an IPR Impairing License." This attack is > clearly aimed at the successful GPLed CIFS implementation, Samba. > > The license defines > > 1.4 "IPR Impairing License" shall mean the GNU General Public License, the > GNU Lesser/Library General Public License, and any license that requires > in any instance that other software distributed with software subject to > such license (a) be disclosed and distributed in source code form; (b) be > licensed for purposes of making derivative works; or (c) be > redistributable at no charge. > > and > > 1.6 "Necessary Claims" shall mean those claims of a patent or patent > application, including without limitation, United States Patents Nos. > 5,265,261 and 5,437,013, which (a) are owned, controlled or sublicenseable > by Microsoft without payment of a fee to an unaffiliated third party; and > (b) are necessarily infringed by implementing the CIFS communication > protocol as set forth in the Technical Reference, wherein a claim is > necessarily infringed only when there are no technically reasonable > alternatives to such infringement. > > And it requires > > 3.3 IPR Impairing License Restrictions. For reasons, including without > limitation, because (i) Company does not have the right to sublicense its > rights to the Necessary Claims and (ii) Company's license rights hereunder > to Microsoft's intellectual property are limited in scope, Company shall > not distribute any Company Implementation in any manner that would subject > such Company Implementation to the terms of an IPR Impairing License. > > > -- > Alexandre Dulaunoy http://www.foo.be/ AD993-RIPE >http://www.ael.be/ > "People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost." > - Bertolt Brecht > > > _______________________________________________ > asbl-libre mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.be.linux.org/mailman/listinfo/asbl-libre > > ASBL Association Electronique Libre http://www.ael.be/ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux Mailing List > LCP - 11 Mai - http://www.unixtech.be/lcp.php > Archives: http://www.unixtech.be/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- -> Jean-Francois Dive --> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
