Microsoft, its Time to Officially Rescind the Linux Lawsuit Threats

Jul 30, 2008, 14:00 (2 Talkback[s])
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"The Microsoft Public License is one of those weird aberrations stemming from the days of threats. (Microsoft, why not just allow your open source software to be covered by the licenses that all the other coders use?) But given the complexity of Microsoft IP, it is a small price to pay for the software giant moving in the right, cooperative direction."

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