<div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Paul W. Frields <<a href="mailto:stickster@gmail.com">stickster@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:25:14PM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 07/21/2009 12:04 PM, Keiran Smith wrote: >> 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 > > I don't think you will be affected by this code unless you run a > virtualized Linux guest on a Windows host and if you do that... well, > probably you already have bigger problems :p > > I am quite pleased by the Microsoft announcement, from now on when an MS > astroturfer will try to throw FUD at me about Linux being inferior > security and quality wise compared with Microsoft solutions I can smile > and point Microsoft *is* a contributor to the Linux kernel. > > The same about GPL: after releasing code under GPL, it would be really > embarrassing for Microsoft to call again it as being "communist", > "cancer" or "Pac-Man". </div>I think it's quite simple for Microsoft to say, "We still don't like the GPL, but because these drivers will help our customers, and because this license is required to get them in the kernel, we've done it." Certainly there are places in Microsoft that are open to thinking constructively about open source and how it fits into their business and customer engagements. But I think trying to cast it as a philosophical sea change is wishful thinking. -- Paul W. Frields <a href="http://paul.frields.org/" target="_blank">http://paul.frields.org/</a> gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 <a href="http://redhat.com/" target="_blank">http://redhat.com/</a> - - - - <a href="http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/" target="_blank">http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/</a> <a href="http://irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net</a>: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com">Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Hi all: -what is the best side of this with Fedora and are we supporting this, if yes then why? -More than, does anyone can violate the GPL license rules for their own business? -Why we saying Microsoft as a contributor to the linux kernel while it is already developed by Linux contributor? Rashadul Islam GPG 5557BFAC <a href="mailto:irashadul@gmail.com">irashadul@gmail.com</a>