[FYI] Microsoft license spurns open source

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6352301.html

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Microsoft license spurns open source  

By Stephen Shankland  

Staff Writer, CNET News.com  


June 22, 2001, 11:05 a.m. PT  

Microsoft lawyers have joined the company's campaign against open-
source software, restricting how developers may use what it terms 
"viral software" in connection with Microsoft programming tools.  

The license of the second beta version of Microsoft's Mobile Internet 
Toolkit--software used so programmers can create server software to 
connect with handheld computers over the Internet--prohibits 
customers from using the Microsoft software in conjunction with 
"potentially viral software." ( Read an excerpt here)  

In describing this category of software, Microsoft includes the most 
common licenses used for publishing open-source software, such as the 
Linux operating system. Licenses specifically excluded by Microsoft 
include the General Public License, the Lesser General Public 
License, the Mozilla Public License and the Sun Industry Standards 
License.  

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