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Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gpl-isn't-really-open-either-ya-know dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Microsoft is at it again: trying to redefine what 'open' means. This time it wants open standards to be 'balanced' — for them to include patent-encumbered technologies under RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms. Which just happens to be incompatible with free software licensed under the GNU GPL."

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  1. Not only that... by bonch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not only that, but it's hilarious how Slashdot doesn't care about violating copyrights in piracy articles, but suddenly is all for copyright enforcement in GPL violation articles. The GPL is a copyright license, and you can't have it both ways. Every time Slashdot posts one of these stories, buried between anti-RIAA and pro-PirateBay propaganda, I have to crack a smile.