anything M$ doesn't currently own or make money from. yet.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Stephen R. Blevins <<a href="mailto:srblevi@worldnet.att.net">srblevi@worldnet.att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The article claims Microsoft promises not to sue developers of<br>
"non-commercial software" based on their API's. What's going to be<br>
their definition of "non-commercial software?"<br>
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Stephen R. Blevins<br>
<a href="mailto:srblevi@worldnet.att.net">srblevi@worldnet.att.net</a><br>
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<br>
Jeff Lightner wrote:<br>
> This from the company that ALREADY claims Linux violates its patents?<br>
><br>
> Perhaps they couldn't find enough of their code so are offering up bait<br>
> to incorporate more so they can do so later? If they don't release it<br>
> under GPL it will be very important to read the fine print of whatever<br>
> they do release it under.<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Jim<br>
> Popovitch<br>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:14 PM<br>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
> Subject: [ale] Microsoft promises not to sue....<br>
><br>
> I get the general impression that nobody is using their development<br>
> tools for much of anything these days...<br>
><br>
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> 2547-1_3-0-20<br>
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><br>
> -Jim P.<br>
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