Finally pig on the air. MS hostilely towards GPLv2 and this patch (& one more on moodle) contradicts common belief. But I find the viral nature of GPLv2 won't allow MS to use in its binary where it runs under difference license. Some news are flashing on the violation already.
On Jul 21, 8:30 am, Akash Deep Shakya <[email protected]> wrote: > *"Microsoft used to call the GPL 'anti-American.' Now, as Microsoft releases > Hyper-V Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) under the GPL (version > 2)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10290686-16.html>, > apparently Microsoft calls the GPL 'ally.' Of course, there was little > chance the device drivers would be accepted into the Linux kernel base > unless open source, but the news suggests a shift for Microsoft. It also > reflects Microsoft's continued interest in undermining its virtualization > competition through low prices, and may suggests concern that it must open > up if it wants to fend off insurgent virtualization strategies from Red Hat > (KVM), Novell (XEN), and others in the open-source camp. Microsoft said the > move demonstrates its interest in using open source in three key > areas<http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Jul09/07-20LinuxQA.mspx>: > 1) Make its software development processes more efficient, 2) product > evangelism, and 3) using open source to reduce marketing and sales costs or > to try out new features that highlight parts of the platform customers > haven't seen before." > > Read more <http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/20/1643251> > > *Regards > Akash Deep Shakya "OpenAK" > B.E. (Computer) | Kathmandu Universityhttp://www.akashdeepshakya.com.np > akashakya at gmail dot com > P.O.Box: 8975 EPC: 4235 > > ~ Failure to prepare is preparing to fail ~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
