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Microsoft And The GPL/LGPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the polluting-the-water dept.

AnimeFreak writes "In this CNET news article, it talks about how Microsoft's new license that will allow competing companies to read-over software code for their products does not allow software covered under the GPL/LGPL licensing agreement (such as Linux, SAMBA, and Mozilla)."

2 of 573 comments (clear)

  1. Gnu trademark? by fishbowl · · Score: 1, Troll

    Did Microsoft just give the FSF grounds for a suit by specifying the GNU trademark in their license, using the trade name without permission, and without acknowledgement that GNU is a trademark property of the respective trademark holder?

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    -fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
  2. why so excited about reading MS source? by claygate · · Score: 1, Troll

    if microsoft code is so buggy and prone to being "bad" from what i've read around here, why is everyone so interested in reading/utilising it?