Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:55:02 +0100
From: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de>
To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
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On 2005-12-06T17:32:14, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:

> > 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.

We have organizations which could do this, but their sponsors wouldn't
like it.


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Br?e

-- 
High Availability & Clustering
SUSE Labs, Research and Development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business	 -- Charles Darwin
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

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