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Microsoft's interoperability pledge not free enough for Free Software
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| The agreement between the European Commission
| and Microsoft announced last Wednesday did not
| mention "Free Software" by name. There is no
| corporation or partnership by that name, at
| least not officially, though up until the
| resolution of the dispute last week, there had
| been occasional hints from outgoing
| Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes that
| any agreement with Microsoft must take "free"
| into account, almost as though it were "Free
| Software, Ltd."
|
| It's a very serious issue for many European
| developers, as Free Software had been treated
| as a worthy-of-all-caps entity in drafts of
| the European Interoperability Framework from
| last year. But recent discussions on revising
| the EIF have included suggestions from many
| sources, including a controversial one from
| the Polish government, that strike references
| to Free Software as a legal entity, especially
| as one that deserves equal protection as a
| limited legal body.
|
| Thus the omission of reference to FS or FOSS
| from last week's agreement drew a harsh
| warning from Free Software Foundation Europe
| (FSFE), one of the only entities to criticize
| the agreement for legal, as opposed to
| technical or operational, reasons.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsofts-interoperability-pledge-not-free-enough-for-Free-Software/1261426816
Recent:
Linux Community to Redmond - Do The Right Thing.
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| We've known for a while now that Microsoft, or someone at Microsoft buzzes
| our blog and website from time to time. And yes...we have a mole...did you
| expect anything different from us?
|
| They've also spent some time at the Lindependence site. Gratifying but
| ultimately, not really a big deal. Not for one silly little website.
|
| But when you have several sites banging the same drum and that drumbeat
| begins to resound with echoes that are impossible to ignore, you get results.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/11/linux-community-to-redmond-do-right.html
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