I mean it, are you really this stuoid? NO ONE can buy rights to MS patents and give them away, this is NOT open sores for crying out loud.
EVERY copy of a Linux distro containing MS IP MUST pay MS to use it. It MUST include a EULA for the open source user to agree to.
I suspect that as Linux is distribuited in many ways other than buying it, it will now have to "phone home" to record the use and the distro will have to PAY MS for it. Even if the person doesn't use Linux in the long term.
Yeah, what a victory... FOR Microsoft !!!
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