[Discussioni]la nuova licenza di MS per sdk2 mobile

[Alessandro Rubini]

prescriptum: il giono 20 avete cambiato mailman? Perhce` le liste
non mettono piu` lo spazio dopo il "[nomelista]" ?

scriptum: non se n'era parlato gia' parlato? forse era altrove, ero convinto
fosse qui

confermo che non c'e` piu`. 

Cito:

  (c) Open Source.  Recipient’s license rights to the Software are
conditioned upon Recipient (i) not distributing such Software, in
whole or in part, in conjunction with Potentially Viral Software (as
defined below); and (ii) not using Potentially Viral Software
(e.g. tools) to develop Recipient software which includes the
Software, in whole or in part.  For purposes of the foregoing,
“Potentially Viral Software” means software which is licensed
pursuant to terms that: (x) create, or purport to create, obligations
for Microsoft with respect to the Software or (y) grant, or purport to
grant, to any third party any rights to or immunities under
Microsoft’s intellectual property or proprietary rights in the
Software.  By way of example but not limitation of the foregoing,
Recipient shall not distribute the Software, in whole or in part, in
conjunction with any Publicly Available Software.  “Publicly
Available Software” means each of (i) any software that contains,
or is derived in any manner (in whole or in part) from, any software
that is distributed as free software, open source software
(e.g. Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models; and (ii) any
software that requires as a condition of use, modification and/or
distribution of such software that other software distributed with
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be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (C) be
redistributable at no charge.  Publicly Available Software includes,
without limitation, software licensed or distributed under any of the
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Industry Standards License (SISL).


Ovviamente il "non si puo` distibuire insieme al Male" non credo sia
legalmente valido. Interessante poi come comunque non sipossa *mai*
distribuire. Anche il requisito di non usare compilatori Cattivi non
credo sia legale.


postscriptum: 

azz... c'era qualcosa ma non ricordo.