[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: - Brent Michalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/03/01 05:57:53 -0500:
:
: > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010702/tc/ms_attacks_open_source_1.html
:
: Language included in a license that labels open source code as "potentially viral"
:marked a stepped-up attack by the software giant.
: 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.
That's a real laugh, considering I wrote the Artistic License
specifically to be non-viral. I wonder if you can sue someone for
defaming you in a contract.
Larry
