Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932286AbVLFQca (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:32:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932292AbVLFQca (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:32:30 -0500 Received: from mail.enyo.de ([212.9.189.167]:41170 "EHLO mail.enyo.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932286AbVLFQc3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:32:29 -0500 From: Florian Weimer To: Jon Smirl Cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <9e4733910512060816k26e12313y6b9a943d7cce4341@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:32:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <9e4733910512060816k26e12313y6b9a943d7cce4341@mail.gmail.com> (Jon Smirl's message of "Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:16:56 -0500") Message-ID: <87fyp6mbjl.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 15 * Jon Smirl: > 2) Endure the lawsuit and hope the FSF doesn't get a $450M settlement > like NTP is getting from RIM. Meanwhile watch your stock price tumble > since the injunction prevents you from shipping product. Unlike NTP[1], the FSF distributes real products and is vulnerable to counterclaims. [1] http://www.ntp.com/ belongs to a different company, AFAIK. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/