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>baseless defamation of ReactOS ("like a baby mosquito on the back of an giant elephant") If only he had called it a cancer. That seems to work well generally.
by bubblethink 7y ago
>baseless defamation of ReactOS ("like a baby mosquito on the back of an giant elephant")
If only he had called it a cancer. That seems to work well generally.
- segfaultbuserr 7y agoThe infamous "cancer" analogy was referring to the copyleft-licensing, not the actual system per se. Saying ReactOS infringes 200+ Microsoft patents and threatening for lawsuits to developers and all users is a more effective FUD approach to me, and may even be factually true. The entire project of Linux kernel was running under this threat for 10+ years until ~2005 (?) when an agreement was established.
- littlestymaar 7y agoAFAIK Software patents aren't enforceable outside of the US+Japan though.
- Anarch157a 7y agoThat would be enough to get an injunction and prohibit the software from being distributed in the US, which would deny a very important market for the developers.
- littlestymaar 7y agoIndeed, but as the world becomes less and less centered around the US, this effect will probably disappear soon: if a product is originally developed for China, not being able to sell it in the US isn't an issue.
- segfaultbuserr 7y ago> if a product is originally developed for China, not being able to sell it in the US isn't an issue. If it's a commercial product or an academic research project under national grant, it may be the case. But for free and open source project, banning U.S. developers from participating is (still) suicidal.