criminal use of linux [not]

[Roger]

Is it Criminal use of Linux, or more like criminal use of the world's 
worst copyright and patent.
My take on this is that as Microsoft owns C++ anything written in C++ 
like code falls under copyright. I'm probably way of centre here but it 
certainly seems that way.

Maybe this needs to be bought to the attention of groups like
http://sumofus.org/
and
avaaz at avaaz.org
I note that avaaz gets hundreds of thousands of respondents to certain 
causes and seems to have affected Government decisions.

There are probably other groups with similar interests of bringing 
things out into the open.

Golly there are Web and corporate experts, and the like in the Linux 
fraternity, surely a campaign could be put together to save all of the Nix's

According to Radio National Microsoft posted it's first corporate loss 
last week. Is the license thing just a revenue raiser?

Roger
>
> On 08/01/2012 01:10 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:49:01 +0200
>> Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
>>
>>> Why is this not being brought into a courtroom, rather than companies just
>>> paying licenses?
>> Cost.
>>
>> License Fee: $1
>>
>> Legal cost to fight it in court: $2
>>
>> Chance of winning in court: < 100%   (Note: 99.9999% is still < 100%)
>>
>> What course of action would be best for your company in this situation like
>> this?
>>
> Somehow I think that a battle like this would have to be "won" by the 
> Average Joe's (and Jane's) out there who've had enough of Redmond's 
> asinine tactics. Sometimes it takes the army of ANTS to completely 
> paralyze and destroy the elephant. I know it's always one of those 
> "Yeah....but what can _I _do?....I'm just ONE person" But if you 
> REALLY consider it...we're a lot stronger in numbers...and when I see 
> some of the e-mail addresses here....from places like Sweden...or 
> Russia...and almost every corner of the world...why CAN'T we stop 
> 'em?.....what're they gonna do come and slap a license on EVERY 
> machine on the planet running Fedora?...or for that matter running ANY 
> version of Linux?...highly unlikely. And it's not like we have to walk 
> around with batons or guns....just a simple "shedding of light" on 
> Microsoft's tactics could get this so far in front of the spotlight 
> that they'd be shamed into retreating....it may sound silly but it's 
> better than cowering in a corder and cursing the day they were 
> born!....just my opinion!...
>
>
> EGO II
>
>

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