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Slides Of Microsoft Anti-GPL Advocacy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-don't-use-it dept.

An anonymous reader links to these slides outlining Microsoft's position on Free software licenses, in particular the GPL, writing "Regarding the latest memo from MSFT, the current politics is to be against 'copyleft' type licensing... Protecting freedom is fundamental for Free Software and MSFT knows that. They don't want licenses that protect our freedom." Makes an interesting companion piece to the anti-OSS memo mentioned the other day.

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  1. first 4 slides: Source Licensing & SoftwareInd by ubiquitin · · Score: 4, Informative
    Let's transcribe this thing! Here are the first four slides, from the first two images (two slides per image). I'd love it if somebody transcribed the whole presentation, as there seems to be a lot to think about in there in terms of Redmond strategy.

    Slide 1: Title of the presentation with Microsoft logo

    Slide 2: The Software Ecosystem
    The flow of shared knowledge goes in a circle.
    Diagram shows customers to government to academia to industry and back to customers.

    Slide 3: The Business of Software
    subtitle: Source Code Licensing
    another diagram showing the interactions between source code - Core IP on the left and business model with usage rights and binaries on the right. Arrows showing development, support, deployment, and audit connect the two.

    Slide 4: The Open Source Software Model:

    complex mix of elements

    has produced some great software

    has both benefits and drawbacks like any model
    Diagram showing "development model" surrounded by "philosophy", "business model" and "licensing"

    Finally, somebody please mirror these images, the bandwidth on that site is getting sucked dry.

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  2. Mirror by infolib · · Score: 4, Informative

    here

    Bandwidth sponsored by danish research funding...

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  3. The GPL protects the developer ... by codepunk · · Score: 5, Informative

    No the GPL ensures that some slug is not going to compile in my library and try to sell me back my own code. The GPL is my reward in knowing that I not going to be taken advantage of.

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  4. Re:Viral license?? by Gerry+Gleason · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, the term viral dates from the earliest GPL debates, long before MS even knew it existed.