Re: [tlug] LETTER FROM LINSPIRE FOUNDER

["Michael Engel" <mkengel@example.com>]

> They also haven't defined what "Linux" is.  Do they mean the kernel?
> The GNU system?  Everything on the Novell distribution CD?

They did:
http://tinyurl.com/ypuxkg
(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm)

"But he does break down the total number allegedly violated - 235 - into
categories. He says that the Linux kernel - the deepest layer of the free
operating system, which interacts most directly with the computer hardware
- violates 42 Microsoft patents. The Linux graphical user interfaces -
essentially, the way design elements like menus and toolbars are set up -
run afoul of another 65, he claims. The Open Office suite of programs,
which is analogous to Microsoft Office, infringes 45 more. E-mail programs
infringe 15, while other assorted FOSS programs allegedly transgress 68"