[TriLUG] open source by M$ and more at Duke 3/17

[Mike M]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 04:23:36PM -0500, Paul Jones wrote:
> 
> There will be panels and presentations on the future of business and 
> technology, including wireless technology, digital rights management, 
> and open-source software (ironically this presentation is being given by 
> a representative from Microsoft).

MS position possibilities:

1. After this week were open source too. Cool.

2. There is no open source.  It all belongs to us.

3. They distribute open source under MSPL.  As soon as you read the
code, then any code you write thereafter is a derivative work and 
therefore belongs to us.  Even if you claim that you've never seen the
code, you're probably lying and you'll be sued in the en mass style of
the RIAA.

Should be interesting indeed.

-- 
Mike

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average man in India or China. -- dailyreckoning.com