On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> wrote:
"Microsoft will covenant not to sue open source developers for development and non-commercial distribution of implementations of these Open Protocols."
Once again, Microsoft do their very best to undermine the GPL by discriminating between 'commercial' and 'non-commercial' distribution.
Didn't pick that up. Full paragraph reads as such: Microsoft is providing a covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols. These developers will be able to use the documentation for free to develop products. Companies that engage in commercial distribution of these protocol implementations will be able to obtain a patent license from Microsoft, as will enterprises that obtain these implementations from a distributor that does not have such a patent license. NB Standard disclaimer of my opinions do not necessarily reflect the opionion of my employer. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz