[BadVista Advocate] [ifsa] Make LGs Phones Ring OFF THE HOOK!

[Matthew Flaschen]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Ringo Kamens wrote:
>> LG has decided to pay Microsoft for their "patents" on GNU/Linux. This
>> is ridiculous. 
> 
> Wait, are you sure this is about GNU/Linux?  I have an LG phone, and I
> think it runs a proprietary OS (Symbian).  However, it's still annoying
> that people sign licensing agreements that legitimize software patents.

PC World says it does include (GNU/?)Linux devices.  This is disturbing,
because it seems to be a license to LG, not its customers (like with
Novell and Xandros).  That would seem to be an actual violation of GPLv2
section 7.  What do people think?

Matthew Flaschen