[ale] [ISN] Microsoft to reveal Palladium source code (fwd)

[Pete Hardie]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Pete Hardie wrote:
> 
> 
>>And if it's built into the compiler, then open source will work just fine.
> 
> 
> There's the problem. MS controls access to the compliler and re-words the
> user agreement to prohibit compiling source code that is GPL'ed.

That kind of restriction would (I fervently hope) be struck down in an eyeblink 
- it's too restrictive, rather like Ford making it illegal to drive a Ford car
onto a Chevy dealer's lot.




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