Re: Interesting "almost open source" Microsoft tactic
"Benjamin J. Tilly " <[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". IANAL either, but Eben Moglen is. http://www.newsforge.com/software/04/02/26/1448253.shtml shows his response both after seeing a small part of the license out of context and then after seeing the full license. He doesn't offer a definitive answer, but he indicates that it probably is GPL incompatible. Cheers, Ben