GPLv3 Authors Comment on Final Draft

Quoting:As a result, it would appear that Xandros will not be allowed to distribute open source code licensed under GPLv3 due to its relationship with Microsoft. Typaldos said he's not concerned. "If you are a business person, you can't worry about every eventuality," he said.

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lol....

Quoting:"We're working toward interoperability" between Microsoft systems and Xandros' Linux-based server products, said Typaldos. "This agreement goes well beyond the desktop."

There it is again. It's all about interoperability. Or so they say. But we all know that if MS truly wanted interoperability, they would just use the industry standards as they are written, instead of tweaking every standard so it doesn't interoperate then signing all these deals for interoperability. Which apparently means trying to get everyone to use their "version" of the standard and thus their super sekret eyepee so they can charge for every copy of linux...

> "If you are a business person, you can't worry about every eventuality,"

An eventuality which could destroy your company's ability to update the software it produces sounds to me like one you should worry about.

Some things are a little more obvious than others. If you go into the bathroom and see there's no toilet paper, you should probably be worrying about the eventuality. Even if you happen to be a "business person". I believe the term is common sense.

If he actually said that he is ready for a straight jacket and a cool, padded room.

> It's all about interoperability

Code for "Embrace and Extinguish"?

Hmmmmmmm.

One would very much want to see the precise language of the agreement, and, perhaps, the full context of the conversation, but, on the surface, this guy doesn't sound like the sharpest knife in the drawer. For that matter, he may not be sharper than the drawer.