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

[Randy Ramsdell]

Stephen R. Blevins 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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That is the main clause that I saw. Non-commercial - excludes any 
software that will be included in Redhat or projects that make any money 
at all even through a support only channel.

Randy Ramsdell