[ale] Microsoft promises not to sue....

[Jim Kinney]

anything M$ doesn't currently own or make money from. yet.

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Stephen R. Blevins <
srblevi at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> The article claims Microsoft promises not to sue developers of
> "non-commercial software" based on their API's.  What's going to be
> their definition of "non-commercial software?"
>
> Stephen R. Blevins
> srblevi at worldnet.att.net
>
>
>
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
> > This from the company that ALREADY claims Linux violates its patents?
> >
> > Perhaps they couldn't find enough of their code so are offering up bait
> > to incorporate more so they can do so later?   If they don't release it
> > under GPL it will be very important to read the fine print of whatever
> > they do release it under.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> > Popovitch
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:14 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] Microsoft promises not to sue....
> >
> > I get the general impression that nobody is using their development
> > tools for much of anything these days...
> >
> > http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9876029-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=
> > 2547-1_3-0-20
> >
> >
> > -Jim P.
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