<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010220/tc/microsoft_clarifies_exec_s_open-source_concerns_1.html>
Seems it's not open source per se he thinks is against the American way
etc, but is more concerned about the GPL - the 'infectious' bit,
paragraph 2B "You must cause any work that you distribute or publish,
that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
parties under the terms of this License." This is what will stifle
innovation, apparently because anybody who adds to/uses GPLed code has
to make the source available to everybody else. He (or at least the MS
spindoctors) likes the BSD license better.
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