Hadmut Danisch wrote:
Interesting point, I agree with you.
And you gave me some inspiration:
Is it possible that this all was meant as an attack
against the Linux/GPL-World? That this was meant to
undermine the GPL-based Linux distributions and to
abuse a technology, which would surely be deployed
very fast and widely, everyone would have to use it,
to piggyback some anti-GPL-antidote, to start softening
the pure-GPL world?
Just a thought...
I am sure that we can come up with multiple conspiracy theories for
this. For now, lets stay above the fray and assume that perhaps
Microsoft was acting in good faith. Descending into conspiracy theories
will not make this any better, and quite the opposite, will make the
entire discussion appear unprofessional.
Microsoft knows what the issues are, they are receiving comments from
multiple people and sources. The decision on the license is upto them.
The decision on the standard on the other hand is upto the us.
Yakov