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Microsoft's European License Dissected

Posted by timothy on from the in-the-name-of-science dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has published a step-by-step explanation of Microsoft's proposed server interoperability license, which was just rejected by the European Commission. The EC said the license excluded open-source vendors and charged unjustifiably high royalty fees -- all bad for business."

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  1. I like this: by FoboldFKY · · Score: 5, Funny
    The licenses granted in Section 2.1(a) do not include any license right, power or other authority to subject Licensed Server Implementations or derivative works thereof in whole or in part to any of the terms of any other license that requires such Licensed Server Implementations or derivative works thereof to be disclosed or distributed in source code form.
    That's all one sentence... I guess MS wanted the OSS guys to suffocate just by reading the license. A truly insidious plan...
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  2. Re:Here is a question by Godwin+O'Hitler · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could explain why they are a monopoly but I'd rather use this opportunity to ridicule you for using the word boxen.

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