REMINDER: 5/1 meeting between Linux community & Microsoft - Topic is “Show Us The Code”

As announced on April 13, 2007, a meeting has been scheduled with invitations to key stakeholders across the Linux community as well as to Microsoft to discuss the "Show Us The Code" debate. The meeting is design to be a virtual “sit down” on the date of the 5/1/07 deadline. The purpose of the meeting is to have both groups join the live session and present their sides.

Microsoft has repeatedly claimed that Linux violates many of Microsoft's patents. In a public letter to Steven Ballmer, the Show Us The Code movement issued a request for clarification about which patents Microsoft was referring to. Linux community members furthermore requested that individuals “Publicly pledge your support for Microsoft showing the public the code within Linux that violates their intellectual property by May 1st, 2007.“ Through another open letter and invitation to key players and observers, we arranged a forum for each side to address the other. Will Microsoft continue to press their case and ignore the challenge? Or will the issue quietly fizzle out? Let's see what happens on May 1st. 

Meeting information follows:

Date/Time: May 1, 2007 at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time
Place: www.yugma.com (click Join Session button)
Teleconference Bridge: +1-218-486-3889
Yugma Session ID: 109-433-046

Agenda:
- Microsoft clarify which patents are being violated
- Key stakeholders from the Linux community can respond

Attendees can attend using either Windows, Mac or Linux computers. Yugma will record the session and make it available to both parties afterwards for their own distribution.

See you at the meeting!