Microsoft Spits in GPL Creator Richard Stallman’s Eye

Goodness, didn’t Microsoft just spit in Richard Stallman’s eye?

The GPL creator’s attempts to stop Microsoft from cutting any more of those patent-protection deals like the one it cut with Novell don’t quite seem to be working.

The last draft of the Microsoft-limiting GPLv3 was barely in circulation when Microsoft announced first thing Monday morning that it had pocketed a five-year deal with the little 80-man Debian commercializer Xandros, the New York outfit that bought Corel’s Linux distribution, the code that used to be underneath Linspire (nee Lindows), a company more associated with the desktop than the server.

Microsoft Spits in GPL Creator Richard Stallman’s Eye