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Microsoft Accepts Most EU Demands, But Not Over Source

Posted by timothy on from the this-but-not-that dept.

JoeGi writes "Microsoft sent a letter to EU regulators Monday accepting 20 out of the Commission's 26 demands. According to BetaNews, 'The remaining stumbling block to full compliance is source code licensing' as Microsoft is refusing access to open source projects. Microsoft officials told BetaNews they are trying 'to find a way that companies can implement these technologies in code that would get distributed with open source products, but the source code wouldn't be published itself.'"

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  1. Re:The article says "accepts"... by indifferent+children · · Score: 0, Troll
    Thank you for declaring open season on your companies' "intellectual property". Your stupidity has absolved the government of any obligation to enforce copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret laws. As soon as I find *one* of your employees who would like a $5k 'bonus', I get all of your source code and internal documents. And I get to use them as I see fit.

    Remember, Caesar governed without computers, but IBM could never have come into existence without a society whose stability was guaranteed by some form of government.

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    Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
  2. Re:Accepting demands by northcat · · Score: 0, Troll

    God, do you really believe that if MS "threatens" EU, the EU is going to bend over?