On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 19:22 +0200, Damjan Novak wrote: > Hi! I just stumbled on this list and discussion, and though to just > mention a highly speculative, but potentially very rewarding advantage > of using LGPLv3 for wine. > > According to this opinion at groklaw: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070709101318827 > Microsoft MIGHT end up being effectively forced to distribute GPLv3 > code under the deal with Novell, and hence loose any chance to sue > about patents any so licenced projects included in SuSE, and I suppose > wine is included in that distro. > > Given the nature of the wine project, Im thinking it could benefit > greatly from such potential shelding from Microsofts patent portfolio, > if things happen to unfold in this very optimistic scenario.. > > just a thought... > >
MS explicitly excluded Wine from that deal anyway. Thanks, Scott Ritchie
