Re: Open Letter to Steven Ballmer

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:39 -0800, Chuck West wrote:

"It's come to many in the Linux community's attention you have claimed
again and again, that Linux violates Microsoft's intellectual property.
Not only that, but it's been reported Microsoft has convinced businesses
to pay for a Linux patent that you can't provide.

Therefore, this website (http://showusthecode.com/) will serve as a
response to this accusation, and within it, a request. The request is
simple, since you, Microsoft, claim to be so sure of yourself: Show Us
the Code."

You don't have to copy code to infringe on a patent or violate I.P. laws.

That's why you shouldn't be able to patient something you didn't invent or
anything that is blatantly obvious.
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