[ale] What do y'all think about Microsoft's new war?

[Greg Freemyer]

On 5/14/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/14/07, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> > Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> >
> > > This is disturbing to me.  Microsoft has pretty much declared war on all
> > > of us.  What happens if they succeed?  Do you think they will?
> > >
> > > I am sure that we all remember that back in November, Microsoft and
> > > Novell entered into an agreement, stating that Microsoft was coming to
> > > terms with Linux.  Interesting that now they are pretty much saying that
> > > Free Software violates them and they are pretty much threatening to take
> > > action against Free Software.  They want to destroy freedom.
> > >
> > > They're claiming that "the Linux kernel ... violates 42 Microsoft
> > > patents", "Linux [GUIs violate] another 65", "[OpenOffice.org] ...
> > > infringes 45 more", "E-mail programs infringe 15", and "other assorted
> > > FOSS programs allegedly transgress 68".
> > >
> > > Is anyone else getting really sick of this crap?
> > >
> > >     -- Mike
> >
> > A URL, perhaps?
>
> The url was hidden behind a link:
>
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm
>

What does this sentence mean?

>>
Smith didn't, and Moglen kept his promise. On March 28, the Free
Software Foundation made public revised GPL provisions, which are
expected to take effect in July.
<<

I assume it is about GPL v3, but I'm not aware of any kernel /
distributor / etc. statements that they will be moving from v2 to v3.
Specifically, Linus has repeatedly said that the kernel will stay v2,
or has that changed?

Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century