Comments about Microsoft and the GPL

[Yaakov Nemoy]

2009/7/21 Keiran Smith <affix at fedoraproject.org>:
> Well looks like us linux users can look forward to some of the instabilities
> of windows in our Own Operating Systems. What are microsoft thinking

Yes, and they are going to replace the 'halt' command with 'start', so
when you type

$ sudo start

your system shuts down.

Seriously, this is not how the GPL works. As long as it remains GPL,
then the Linux devs can do their own fine job bringing instabilities
to the kernel, like they've been doing for years. Somehow, i don't
think that's really going to happen though.

-Yaakov

>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> While this isn't 100% Fedora related, being such fans of upstream that
>> we are, we can definitely go somewhere with this. You've probably seen
>> in the news by now that Microsoft is making a pretty substantial
>> contribution to the Linux kernel.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Jul09/07-20LinuxQA.mspx
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10290686-16.html
>>
>> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072009-microsoft-linux-source-code.html
>>
>> And if you need a good laugh:
>>
>>
>> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL
>>
>> The way i see it, is that we can do one or more of several things
>> based on this. Of course we can continue talking about upstream as a
>> path to success, but i'm wondering, being no marketing expert myself,
>> what else can we do with such a message? Is this a message we can try
>> to take around to various different people and push extensively as
>> proof that the system works? Is this even something we can take to
>> mainstream media even though we're so fond of staying out of it for
>> the very minimal real effect we have? Or do we ignore it because it's
>> not Fedora?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Yaakov
>>
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