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I feel betrayed

Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 03:05 AM EDT

I honestly don't think the Open Source vs Free Software issue comes
into this. Microsoft isn't releasing GPL3 software that absolves patent
infringement and that was what they were suing B&N over.

Microsoft could have bought out B&N with the skip-around-the-GPL3
license idea they put together with Novell. I believe no-one ever tested
that in court so it's still one of the tricks in the M$ arsenal.

This has, in my mind, all the earmarks of the standard short-term
profit vs long-term sustainability problem with B&N choosing to let the
court case lapse in exchange for a lump of cash and future "synergy"
with Microsoft. This could (& probably would) have happened
regardless of Open Source vs Free Software choices on B&N's part.

--EK

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