[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
]
“Why might this partnership might result in GPL
violations?“Sunstein: I think, to some degree, this idea
of co-existing is in the eyes of the beholder. For example, in
regards to applications Microsoft is not going to be distributing
Linux. That is already pretty clever. What they are, in effect,
distributing are coupons. Coupons do not a distribution make. A
user is not getting stuff from Microsoft. Microsoft is not in that
business…”
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