Microsoft States GPL3 Doesn't Apply to Them 509
pilsner.urquell writes "Microsoft yesterday issued a statement proclaiming that it isn't bound by GPLv3. Groklaw has a very humorous rejoinder to the company's claim. From that article: 'They think they can so declare, like an emperor, and it becomes fiat. It's not so easy. I gather Microsoft's lawyers have begun to discern the GPL pickle they are in. In any case it won't be providing any support or updates or anything at all in connection with those toxic (to them) vouchers it distributed as part of the Novell deal ... These two -- I can't decide if it's an elaborate dance like a tango or more like those games where you place a cloth with numbers on the floor and you have to get into a pretzel with your hands and feet to touch all the right numbers. Whichever it is, Novell and Microsoft keep having to strike the oddest poses to try to get around the GPL. If they think this new announcement has succeeded, I believe they will find they are mistaken. In other words, not to put too fine a point on it, GPLv3 worked.'" EWeek has further analysis of this proclamation.
I hereby declare... (Score:5, Funny)
Turnabout is fair play... (Score:5, Funny)
Twister (Score:5, Funny)
That's the most bass-ackwards mangling of Twister I've ever heard. Didn't these people have childhoods!?
I liked this bit... (Score:2, Funny)
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Re:From the article (Score:2, Funny)
Most the time those things from big companies are printed in high quality glossy paper and look so nice! Maybe they could be framed and set up for display.
Re:Guess Again (Score:3, Funny)
Mods? (Score:1, Funny)
PS- "funny" grants no karma. Now go ahead and mod me "offtopic".
-mcgrew (sm62704)
Re:Enlighten me... (Score:3, Funny)
t's been 14 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
Re:Enlighten me... (Score:2, Funny)
Cambridge, Mass. -- Richard Stallman was killed earlier today when a city bus swerved to avoid a collision with a car. Mr. Stallman was walking back to the MIT campus from lunch at the time. In one last demonstration of amazing foresight, he apparently wrote in his will, "I'm writing this in case I get hit by a bus". Family members were not available for comment.
OK, so it wasn't that funny. Ow. Hey, no need to throw tomatoes at me Oww .. oh c'mon it wasn't that bad was it? Ow!!