The discussion in this tree gets nasty at times (deeper down), but I wonder: do we *really* want Microsoft to let go off free software ?
In my opinion it would be wonderful if Microsoft could deliver its operating system and core products and use free software wherever possible. The clash in licenses only appears when you try to apply the Microsoft license to the whole bundle, which can be easily avoided as it is already done in the software industry.
Do we *really* want to teach Microsoft to always use exclusively (well, that down not happen, as we see later in the tree) in-house products ?
Anyway, I think it would have been a braver action to add a download link for the sources for the little tool (how proprietary can it get with such a tiny thing?) and remove the license, or even swap it for a GPL.//
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The discussion in this tree gets nasty at times (deeper down), but I wonder: do we *really* want Microsoft to let go off free software ? In my opinion it would be wonderful if Microsoft could deliver its operating system and core products and use free software wherever possible. The clash in licenses only appears when you try to apply the Microsoft license to the whole bundle, which can be easily avoided as it is already done in the software industry. Do we *really* want to teach Microsoft to always use exclusively (well, that down not happen, as we see later in the tree) in-house products ? Anyway, I think it would have been a braver action to add a download link for the sources for the little tool (how proprietary can it get with such a tiny thing?) and remove the license, or even swap it for a GPL. //