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Re: MS bans Open Source in education ..


Doug Mentohl wrote:

> "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) .."

This is way beyond acceptable.

Shame on you Microsoft.

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