-----Forwarded Message----- From: Dr Tarique Sani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Bytesforall_Readers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIG] Re: [bytesforall_readers] Microsoft to share Windows code with India Date: 15 Dec 2002 09:10:53 +0530
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Frederick Noronha wrote: > Is this another way of saying > that India was out in > the cold till all this time? M$ sharing is in fact more dangerous than it appears to be - read the following Cut and Pasted from BLUG non tech mailing list Tarique ============================== Yes, subject to this: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sharedsource/government.asp Salient features: * Licensees may read and reference Windows source code but may not modify it * Licensees may debug their internal applications that run on top of Windows using Windows debugging tools to make calls into the Windows source code. * The license term is one year. * Accessing the source code in an eligible country, subject to United States Government Export Restrictions * Demonstrate the existence of an internal IT environment with policies and procedures to protect the confidentiality of the source code * Sign the standard Master Source Code Agreement and License Form * In exchange for obtaining access to one of Microsoft's most valuable assets, Microsoft requests that government customers respect our intellectual property and treat that intellectual property confidentially. The last two are the killers. The "Master Source Code Agreement and License Form" is in fact a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) that will legally bind the licensee for the rest of time to Microsoft, because.... ...the NDA binds the licensee not to reveal what he sees to anyone, or use any of the technology he sees. This has a viral impact - supposing person X working for the Government sees the source code, and person Y in his department is in touch with anyone who is developing (or has developed) similar technology (or is exploring it), Microsoft can claim that this is breach of contract, and can contractually force person Y to abandon further contact or support of the third party. For more information on this, please read: http://www.opensource.org/advocacy/shared_source.php "Shared Source" and "Open Source" have diagonally opposite objectives. Both are "viral" in nature, but the former (Shared Source) aims at restricting freedom and innovation, while the latter (Open Source) aims at fostering it. =========================== -- ============================================================= PHP Applications for E-Biz: http://www.sanisoft.com Indian PHP User Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/in-phpug ============================================================= ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Linux-india-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ] * GNU is Not Unix * .... Towards World Liberation .... http://www.gnu.org There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
