MSFT and GNU questions

[Laura Majerus]

I'd also point out that, contrary to the FUD promoted by MS, companies who
may be uncomfortable getting ALL their legal advice from discussion lists
such as this, can increasingly turn to traditional law firms for
knowledgeable, clueful advice.  I know that there are several silicon valley
IP lawyers on this list, and that all would be happy to advise on the gpl
and other open source licenses.  Not all lawyers are knee-jerk opponents of
open source. 

Laura A. Majerus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karsten M. Self [mailto:kmself at ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:05 PM
> To: License-Discuss list
> Subject: MSFT and GNU questions
> 
> 
> One of the things to emerge from the ongoing MSFT free software / GPL
> FUD of recent weeks was the pump-priming document that Wagg-Ed put out
> to journalists (see The New York Times, The Register, and others, for
> stories -- Markoff and Orlowski respectively).  Among the questions
> raised was the perennial "where do you turn for advice on the GPL".
> Thought occurs to me is that this group, FSB, and possibly
> gnu.misc.discuss could be promoted more heavily as precisely such a
> resource, with an emphasis on the fact that the information offered
> reflects general understanding but not legal advice on licensing.
> 
> Still, a useful service, and, hey, we've already got the 
> infrasctructure
> in place.  Also speaks to Tim O'Reilly's recent point about taking
> advantage of "opportunities".
> 
> I suppose the operational question is -- how do we get the 
> word out and
> promote these resources further?  Not to mention how do we manage our
> own prickley dispositions in dealing with those to whom free software
> concepts are novel, strange, and foreign.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -- 
> Karsten M. Self <kmself at ix.netcom.com>    
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