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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Saturday 17 January 2009 01:47 : \____
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>
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Doug Mentohl belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> "The Institution shall not without the prior written consent of MRL ..
>> incorporate .. any software that is subject to an Excluded Licence. An
>> “Excluded Licence” is one that requires as a condition of use,
>> modification and/or distribution of such software that such software (a)
>> be disclosed or distributed in source code form; and/or (b) be licensed
>> for the purpose of making derivative works; and/or (c) be
>> redistributable at no charge. Examples of Excluded Licences include
>> GNU’s General Public License (GPL) .."
>>
>> "The provisions of Clauses 6.1 and 6.2 shall so far as they can be
>> applied thereto, also apply to the publication of software (including
>> source code) comprised in the results of the Research. However, such
>> software shall not be made available under the terms of an Excluded
>> Licence (as defined in Clause 8.11)"
>>
>> They also claim patent ownership of any students work ..
>>
>> "Subject to Clause 6.2 the University shall procure that the Thesis ..
>> shall be sent to MSRC's .. for approval before submission .. The
>> University shall make such amendments or deletions before submission,
>> publication or presentation, or delay submission, publication or
>> presentation by fourteen (14) days to give MSRC time to apply for patent
>> protection for any such Resulting IPR (if requested)"
>>
>>
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/global/europe/apply-europe.aspx
>
> Uh, Doug, that link mentions nothing like the above.
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/11/microsoft-dislikes-foss-academia/
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