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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. Someone released from a child sex abuse term by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    in prison will never work with children again.

    EVER.

    Now, this isn't quite as bad, but the recidivism rate of Microsoft is much, MUCH higher. And it DOES show that you must prove yourself first if you've been particularly bad.

    In the US does a criminal conviction ever allow you to vote again? "No taxation without representation"?