On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:35:24 -0700, Kurt Granroth writes:
>First, what do you mean by "mingling MS code and Linux code"? Would this be
> Daniel taking MS code and inserting it somewhere in the Gentoo distribution?
> Or maybe Daniel taking some Open Source code and inserting it into some MS
> product?
>
I think it would be putting "Linux Code" or open source into "MS Code."
> Second, if either of the above happened, what could possibly result from that
> that would be scary?
>
Patent and copyright *law* is the scary part. Microsoft could claim ownership of
such code and exterminate (or more likely, "license") any project that contains
"their" code. Although it sounds absurd, it has happened before and Microsoft has
more re$ource$ to fight and win such a legal battle.
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