Re: Interesting "almost open source" Microsoft tactic
Taran Rampersad <[email protected]>
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[email protected] wrote: >On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:59:34AM -0500, La Monte H.P. Yarroll ([email protected]) wrote: > > >>Its very clear that they are attempting to be GPL compatable. >> >>The inability to sublicense just confuses me. It isn't as if there is a >>license registration procedure. >> >> > >IMNAL but I believe that this "inability to sublicense" precludes >this "GPL compatable". > > I concur. They might say it's 'Open Source Compatible', but it's definitely not GPL compatible. -- Taran Rampersad [email protected] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.fsc.cc/ http://www.uwi.edu/scs/ http://www.a42.com http://www.xeebra.com Coming Soon: eAsylum.net