[Discussioni] Microsoft ha prodotti GPLed

[Alessandro Rubini]

> Lo sapevate ? Scaricare GPL.txt dal sito Microsoft
> fa un certo effetto :)

    From: Alex Hudson <home a alexhudson.com>
    To: discussion a fsfeurope.org
    Subject: Re: Microsoft/GPL
    Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 23:11:45 +0100
    
    IIRC, Mircrosoft bought a company called Interix (as in the URL) a
    while ago (a few years), which included a lot of GPL software in a
    product they distributed, which is basically a UNIX-> NT migration
    kit.
    
    Following on from Eben Moglen's article in this month's Linux User
    (UK), I think it shows the strength of the GPL: if MS were able to
    get around it, I'm sure they would have by now. Instead, they're
    complying with it, and making sure that their source is Free -
    those that say the GPL is on unsound legal ground probably need to
    argue that with MS's lawyers ;) If Microsoft will comply with it,
    I think it's on pretty steady ground...
    
    Anyway, the problem is not why MS are distributing Free software
    compliant with the GPL: it's how we cut this cancer out from our
    favourite proprietry software provider ;)
    
    Cheers,
    
    Alex.