From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:29:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:29:26 -0400 Received: from mpdr0.chicago.il.ameritech.net ([206.141.239.142]:21141 "EHLO mailhost.chi.ameritech.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 12:29:17 -0400 Message-ID: <3B34C3EC.A048B774@ameritech.net> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:29:32 -0500 From: watermodem X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5-ac14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself. In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Do they include the source? There's a CD of source that you can buy > > > for $20 but gcc isn't listed > > > > I'm not sure if they are allowed to do that. See clause 1 (c): > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-files/027/001/516/eula_mit.htm > Minor note: 1) The above link is now gone... 2) The above EULA was examined very closely by various communications manufactures. If the wording remains the same when the library gets out of BETA there may be some interesting counter EULAs. > Slight oops on their part, but then that license is fairly new. I don't > think it is aimed at the Linux world though. Microsoft are trying to prevent > something else - and its all about lock in again. > > If they prohibit people from linking free software with their own libraries > it allows them to prevent cost effective applications becoming available on > their platform so they can continue to inflate their prices. In paticular > I suspect this is aimed much more at things like OpenOffice, MySql on Windows, > Mozilla and friends. > > Of course in two years time no doubt "in the customers interest" it will be > Microsoft approved developers only , and a while after that nobody else will > be allowed to make apps for their product. > > Alan > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/