Gee, I almost missed this one!
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, Thomas Cameron thinks I really meant Red Hat was waiting for Microsoft's patent infringement list with a check book in hand? Interesting...On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must confess that I'm not very strong on opinions; I'm better on facts.
Then you should probably try finding some. The drivel below is complete
fantasy.
Wrong.
> 2006. Microsoft sends a letter to Red Hat pretending that the Linux
> kernel infringes 235 of their patents and that they'll have to pay
> royalties.
So wrong as to be laughable. Red Hat has maintained all along that
> Red Hat answers: "Yeah, no problem! Send the patent list."
> Somehow, it seems that Microsoft lost the list. Red Hat, who was eager
> to pay, never received it.
there is nothing to pay, that Microsoft has never actually provided
evidence of any infringement. Red Hat made crystal clear that it did
not enter into any patent agreement with Microsoft when it did the
cross-certification work last year around running Windows as a guest on
on RHEL and running RHEL as a guest on Windows.
See Q5 at http://www.redhat.com/promo/svvp/
(...)
Seriously - next time you pump this crap onto the list, please check
your facts.
Red Hat is no place for Olympia Academy style pranksters, just for brain dead serious people, right?
Google, you better beware!
Thanks for the insight!
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