Pancho Horrillo writes: > > AAP Worldwide Wire Service11/21/97 06:00 GMT > (Hirchsrgig, MS)-The computer world has been shaken to its core by a > legal decision that has immense implications worldwide. In a ruling > that is certain to become a hotbed of controversy, a US Federal Judge > in Hirchsrgig Mississippi ruled that Microsoft legally holds all > rights to the "Linux" operating system. > > Judge Richard Shortner, in an opinion handed down today, ruled that > the Linux operating system is not "free software," and that the "GNU > Public License" is not legally binding, thus giving final legal > approval to the US Patent Office's conditional approval of Microsoft's > patent application. >
Now, *this* would be a really neat trick... Linux, which is an operating system, that strives to be compatible with Unix, and is derived from Minix, is now 'Patentable' by Micro$oft as an operating system. Well, look out Kernigan & Richie, next week we'll hear that you really didn't make the C language, M$ did :-) and AT/T, be very carefult, next month M$ is going to sue you for making an imitation of their operating system, selling it for billions without paying them honorary. Now, _that_ Bill Gates is a magician :-) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
