Hysterical, even N3WBI3 got it right above, go tell him he’s wrong. Sun and IBM have cross licensing agreements too. You obviously don’t have a clue but will say anything to stand up for that leftist whacko Stallman.
Got what right? That you're capable of writing an OS even though you do not know the basics of OS architecture?
Sun and IBM have cross licensing agreements too.
Sun and IBM would be on the same side of this battle against Microsoft. Sun and Microsoft have a patent agreement, but for now it only covers patents in dispute before that agreement. They may in the future have a complete cross-licensing agreement. That they do not have a complete patent agreement yet is obvious since Microsoft claims infringements by Sun's OpenOffice.