-- James A. Donald:
Corporate lawyers did not descend on Linux until there were enough wealthy linux users to see them in court, and send in their own high priced lawyers to give them the drubbing they deserved.
Eugen Leitl
You're misinterpreting the events. Industry has so far been fighting with propagada only. Outside of FOSS IP wars are the rule.
What has happened so far is that "corporate lawyers" have lost, and linux has won - that is to say, corporations using linux have successfully defended their right to do so. Compare with what happens to tax evaders. The state is your enemy. The corporation is your friend. It was corporations that defended linux in court, and created substantial parts of linux - for example a lot of linux was written by IBM employees on IBM salary - presumably as an anti microsoft measure. Corporations deal with competition by creating stuff, governments deal with competition by shooting it. The corporation is free and voluntary association. The alternative is state imposed association. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG mCPvNIMCElEgaF3RT8krDyySbf6TRivdp5TOTL3/ 45fmEJA1E7SZ6GhiXjBjgr5i6tT7dfRXf3teVziId