__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Thursday 31 May 2007 06:13 \__
> Bob Tennent wrote:
>
>> On 30 May 2007 16:52:11 -0700, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> > Under its controversial alliance with Novell, Microsoft is entitled to
>> > receive key technical documentation from the Linux distributor even if
>> > that documentation is not generally available to open source software
>> > developers, according to a Novell document....
>>
>> Documentation isn't code. And if its theirs, they're entitled to give it
>> or not give it to whomever they want.
>
> No, documentation isn't code. But if it was written under the GNU
> Documentation License, the above described is borderline unethical
> behaviour. No matter, GPLv3 is going to f*** Microvell, and hard.
They finally admit this, too. Microsoft does a lot of the anti-GPLv3 batttle
from them, primarily using their proxies and the friends at the press (many
'placements' and 'studies').
--
~~ Best regards
Surely, Microsoft has given up on altruism in the IT industry
http://Schestowitz.com | RHAT Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
8:20am up 32 days 16:42, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
http://iuron.com - Open Source knowledge engine project
|
|
