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Does the FSF Have Teeth vs. Microsoft?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 29, 2007

“The title says it all: ‘Microsoft cannot declare itself exempt
from the requirements of GPLv3’

“We discussed this a little bit on a previous post. I was
corrected that the FSF wouldn’t lead the legal battle, but that the
Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) would. If you recall, I’d looked
into the finances of both organizations. SFLC had $509k in assets
as of 2005, and the FSF had about $892k in assets as of
2006…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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