From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 05:28:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 05:28:18 -0400 Received: from mail.loewe-komp.de ([62.156.155.230]:18195 "EHLO mail.loewe-komp.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 05:28:18 -0400 Message-ID: <3CF34DF4.9050905@loewe-komp.de> Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 11:29:24 +0200 From: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=E4chtler?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: de, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karim Yaghmour CC: Larry McVoy , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: business models [was patent stuff] In-Reply-To: <200205272152.OAA03070@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20020527152452.A24502@work.bitmover.com> <3CF2BE26.4FF03387@opersys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Karim Yaghmour wrote: > I agree that this should go on some other list, but 'til then, here are my 2c. > > No offense Larry, but many of your arguments are the same used by Microsoft > to push their vision of publicly available source. > Huh? Just a quick suggestion: keep Linux open (THE operating system) as basis for future development, enhancement. I think it's called "public facility" like power plants and infrastructure that is needed for a healthy society (at least politicians shall work for the publics benefit). Applications and other value add are produced and provided by third parties and SOLD. You can do that legally TODAY. With the laws and licenses (e.g. LGPL) used TODAY. Microsoft wants to control almost everything (on computers). If they place a new API on their system, the whole industry has to follow. Hey, what's up with the laws that should protect me (and others)? Uh, they have to provide a hook for another email/web client! Who thinks that this is adequate? Who is guilty of what? Who cares?