Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Linspire: "GPLv3 - Unforseen Consequences?"

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

> We have customers who have switched from Linspire to Novell because
> Novell offers patent protection with Microsoft.

GPLv3 will prevent what Novell did, so no more customers will leave Linspire
for this reason.

...although users may still leave Linspire for other reasons, such as
spreading FUD or showing incomprehension of how markets move.



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