Comments on: More on the OSP http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/ Comments on Life and Law, Free Software, Open Source and Intellectual Monopolies Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Screenshots of the Newly-released Ballnux 11 Alpha 1, Microsoft Racketeering in Details http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-1373 Screenshots of the Newly-released Ballnux 11 Alpha 1, Microsoft Racketeering in Details Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:32:17 +0000 http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-1373 [...] http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/ [...] [...] http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/ [...]

]]> By: Temp http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-1125 Temp Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:44:40 +0000 http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-1125 Actually the Microsofts OSP licensing is older than IBM's Interoperability Pledge. So actually it looks that it has been IBM that has been copying the OSP. And IBM is using it to license patent claims on ODF. So any objection to OSP is now directly objecting to ODF licensing as well. Actually the Microsofts OSP licensing is older than IBM’s Interoperability Pledge.
So actually it looks that it has been IBM that has been copying the OSP.
And IBM is using it to license patent claims on ODF.

So any objection to OSP is now directly objecting to ODF licensing as well.

]]> By: frmad http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-28 frmad Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:31:29 +0000 http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-28 This post is very hot, it is high ranked at our site (daily weblog, weblog post ranking site). See http://indirect6.blogspot.com/ for more information This post is very hot, it is high ranked at our site (daily weblog, weblog post ranking site). See http://indirect6.blogspot.com/ for more information

]]> By: blackhole http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-26 blackhole Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:24:31 +0000 http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-26 "The legal counsel for MS mentions a patent licensing deal with Sun, and some others not to sue? At the bottom of the first page they point out that Open Office violates a few MS patents. I am not sure how that could play out but the last time I checked Open Office is a product that Sun (the same one in the patent deal) let out into the wild. Doesn?t that negate 45 or so patents that M$ claims?" IIRC the license covered Star Office but explicitly excluded OpenOffice.org. A number of people were rather upset at Sun over this.  “The legal counsel for MS mentions a patent licensing deal with Sun, and some others not to sue? At the bottom of the first
page they point out that Open Office violates a few MS patents. I am not sure how that could play out but the last time I
checked Open Office is a product that Sun (the same one in the patent deal) let out into the wild. Doesn?t that negate 45 or so
patents that M$ claims?”

IIRC the license covered Star Office but explicitly excluded OpenOffice.org. A number of people were rather upset at Sun over this.


]]> By: brian http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-23 brian Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:34:25 +0000 http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/#comment-23 I have yet to finish the fortune article, the first one you mention but I can tell you that I didn't get to the bottom of the first page and saw an issue... The legal counsel for MS mentions a patent licensing deal with Sun, and some others not to sue... At the bottom of the first page they point out that Open Office violates a few MS patents. I am not sure how that could play out but the last time I checked Open Office is a product that Sun (the same one in the patent deal) let out into the wild. Doesn't that negate 45 or so patents that M$ claims? I have yet to finish the fortune article, the first one you mention but I can tell you that I didn’t get to the bottom of the first page and saw an issue…

The legal counsel for MS mentions a patent licensing deal with Sun, and some others not to sue… At the bottom of the first page they point out that Open Office violates a few MS patents. I am not sure how that could play out but the last time I checked Open Office is a product that Sun (the same one in the patent deal) let out into the wild. Doesn’t that negate 45 or so patents that M$ claims?

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