On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 13:56 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: > My fear is that Microsoft will wait until their IP is firmly > established in Free Software, then use that as leverage to coerce > "deals" that both suppresses Free Software and fortifies Microsoft's > monopoly. Hopefully, Red Hat's continued refusals to even consider negotiating such a "deal" should give you an idea of where Red Hat/Fedora stands with regards to such issues. As to the confluence of Software Patents and Freedom, I think you will find that the FSFs stance on them is that code under a free license is where their primary focus lies, and that they have little or no concern around whether that code is patent infringing or not. This is a notable area where Fedora and the FSF differ (Fedora makes every effort to avoid infringing software patents, as stupid as they all may be). ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
