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Microsoft Improves Its Licensing Terms

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday July 23, 2003 @02:32AM from the linux-competition-has-salutary-effect dept.

prostoalex writes "Microsoft offers to pick up the legal tab, in case anyone gets pulled to court for using its products. News dot com dot com has a rather informative outline of new policies: Microsoft will cover unlimited expenses on injury and infringement claims, the company quadrupled the warranty on its products to a 12-month length, and the companies audited for licensing compliance will now get a 30-day warning instead of 15-day one."

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Re:Wow! by og_sh0x · 2003-07-23 02:40 · Score: 5, Interesting

I think Microsoft purchased a SCO license purely to feed the fire. A large company like Microsoft purchasing a SCO license will make their claims seem more valid in the public eye. It's more of a PR move than anything else.