RE: [Nolug] MS: open-source may not be as evil as we said it was

Open-source. They complain about open-source. Open-source encompasses BSD
license ,GPL license, Apache, and many other that follow the policy of
letting you use their source code.

And actually, most companies complain about GPL b/c of its viral effect..
but there are ways to ship a product along with GPL stuff and not have to
worry about violating the license.

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From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
[mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com]On Behalf Of Manuel Lora
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:35 PM
To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
Subject: Re: [Nolug] MS: open-source may not be as evil as we said it
was

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Yes, but recently it seems that MS has narrowed the complaining to GPL
stuff.
My guess is to directly attack Linux. I've never heard Ballmer complaing
much
about free/open/netBSD.

ml

On Thursday 14 March 2002 19:09, you wrote:
> It certainly shows that MS has no qualms about taking code from BSD source
> tree and then complaing that open-source software is a threat to :"
> capitalistic market!" (refering to the complaint that Microsoft made to
the
> Supreme Court regarding forking its source tree) But everybody knows that
a
> big giant like that is (and always has been) double-faced ... Maybe OS/2
> will come back ? <grin>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com
> [mailto:owner-nolug@patientcarerx.com]On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:52 PM
> To: Mr. Sal Lopinto; NOLUG ML
> Subject: [Nolug] MS: open-source may not be as evil as we said it was
>
>
>
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-860428.html

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