Re: Linux code/Microsoft code

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Author: Alex Dean
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Linux code/Microsoft code
Wouldn't it be just the opposite? If MS put Linux (GPL'd) code into one
of their apps, wouldn't the GPL compel them to release the source of
that app? I really can't imagine they'd do that given their history.

alex

Jared Anderson wrote:

>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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