Re Where's the catch?

Quick moves by the tin-foil red-hat brigade, there! The truth is, GPL3 is badly worded (see http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114178) and no-one in the trying-to-make-a-profit-from-investing-in-our-own-rather-than-distributing-others software industry would touch it with a barge pole.

It's *just possible* that El Reg's analysis is correct and this is a business move to avoid loss of sales in marginal markets.

As for 'submarine patents', dream on - releasing the code as open source freely available for use provides a clear case of estoppel against any subsequent prosecution the mustachioed devils in Redmond are plotting.

Flame away

/ Replaces tin foil hat with oven mitt