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Microsoft Makes Second GPLv2 Release

Posted by Soulskill on from the baby-steps dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft has made its second release under the General Public License in two days with software for Moodle, an 'open-source course management system that teachers use to create online learning Web sites for their classes[, which] has about 30 million users in 207 countries.' It comes on the heels of Redmond contributing drivers to the Linux community. No reports as yet on dropping temperatures in hell."

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  1. Re:Inspect thoroughly by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not really necessary. Microsoft's contribution is explicitly designed for "Live Services integration" for signing in to moodle instances using Windows Live IDs(from MS, naturally) and using the various Windows Live web services(bing and friends).

    Nothing subtle about it.