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

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:44:29PM -0600, Konrad R wrote:
> 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.
 
 You're correct, but what MS seems to be trying to do is say all
 open-source is like the GPL. They say Open-Source is bad, then go on to
 quote problems they have with the GPL as reasons. Kinda a reverse
 bait-and-switch. hrm... at the risk of being politically incorrect
 (like I care, but I don't want to offend anyone) it's like some of
 what's going on in the far-right in this country right now, trying to
 paint all Muslims with the brush they used on bin Laden.

 P

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> [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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