[lug] Microsoft outlaws open source with .NET

[D. Stimits]

Ken Weinert wrote:
> 
> Here's an excerpt:
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> The license for Microsoft's Mobile Internet Toolkit, which is in its
> second beta release to developers, says that it may not be used with any
> software under the Free Software Foundation's General Public License
> (GPL) and six other forms of "potentially viral software." That language
> refers to open source code's freely available and shared code licensing
> agreements. The wording of the license cites the Linux OS and the Perl
> scripting language as examples.
> 
> Full article:
> http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2781638,00.html

Another barbarian at the Gates. Pun intended.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

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