From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 23 14:31: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691EC11B96 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:31:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10FQLy-0007H6-00; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:30:59 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-2 [193.114.228.212]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id WAA14270; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:30:13 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00534; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:28:29 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990223222829.D216@localhost> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:28:29 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Narvi Cc: Brett Glass , dyson@iquest.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act References: <19990223203052.B216@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Narvi on Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:54:09PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:54:09PM +0200, Narvi wrote: > > a) they would be concerned. If proven, it would be very bad PR in general. > Remeber that MS is very active in that FUD terrorist organisation BSA. > Hmmm, I'm not so sure. What's M$ good at? Marketing and influencing markets, that's what. Their PR machine would just play on the fact that it's free/Open source software and gloss over the "small print" (like having to contribute code back etc.) > b) An easy case would also be an easy case in the court more likely than > not. It seems from where I'm sitting that it takes no less than the US govt. to bring M$ to heel. > MS cannot take a long copyright infringement case, at least not right > now. Obviously not at the moment and the future activities of M$ will be determined to a greater or lesser extent by the outcome of the current DoJ case (God help us if M$ win). > > c) What's the reason? MS can always hire n more programmers to write the > exact same code without major delay. > True, but if the code is already available "free", would they? -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message