Scary. Sounds like more of their "shared source" scam. Once you sign the NDA and place your eyes over their code, anything you code that can even be remotely considered similar is subject to scrutiny and possible legal action. Not something I'd want my brain infected with, if I were a developer.
They found a great way of sharing intellectual property, there. Your intellect becomes their property. -Tim On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 09:46, John Hebert wrote: > Good article! Thanks for sharing it. I have a > particular interest in intellectual freedom, which I > think M$ is threatening with their attacks on the GPL. > There are just some things more important than making > money. > > John Hebert > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Microsoft woos students with code > > Microsoft plans to share more than a million lines > > of its source code with > > academics and university computer science > > departments in hopes of regaining > > ground lost to open-source competitors such as Linux > > and Java. > > > http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeatBIZ.asp?/news/730195.asp > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
