TomTom Can License FAT Without Violating the GPL 261
dp619 writes "Capped per-unit royalties make FAT licensing agreements permissible under the GPL, and SD Times has found that Microsoft's public license policy caps royalties at $250k. If the royalties are capped — as they seem to be — TomTom should be able to license FAT without violating the GPL. And if that is the case ... TomTom needs some serious explaining to do as to why they aren't licensing FAT. That said, Microsoft still needs to explain why it just cannot say that folks won't violate the GPL if they license FAT under its terms."
Just what we need... (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft still needs to explain why it just cannot say that folks won't violate the GPL if they license FAT under its terms.
Just what we need... Microsoft offering legal opinions about GPL enforcement.
Re:Fuck em (Score:5, Funny)
Internally, very few devices would consciously choose to use FAT...
If any of my devices consciously choose what file system to use, I have a hammer that will correct such behavior.
Re:Fuck em (Score:5, Funny)
That, and it's pretty much universal, (almost) everything from Amiga to Windows can use FAT.
Come on, you could have gone with z/OS and gotten extra points here.
Re:Fuck em (Score:4, Funny)
...first machine to ever become conscious... wow this could be an amazing step forwards fo&#!%*!!BLAM!!! Oh well, good job we didn't also program it to feel pain. ...someone take that hammer off him. *sigh* right here we go again
Re:It's about interoperability, stupid (Score:5, Funny)
I concur, I kept getting blue screens all of a sudden doing something with vmware I think it was under server 2003 (my memory fails me somewhat)...
Bad memory is one of the leading causes of BSODs. You should run memtest86+ and replace any faulty units.
Re:No lawsuit likely, here's how it actually works (Score:3, Funny)