[plug] Open source "warning"

[Kai Jones]

Bernd Felsche wrote:

> Kai Jones <kai.jones at broome.wa.gov.au> writes:
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>>Anyone read this ?
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>>Open source warning
>>http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12329168%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
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>>Unless I've been reading the wrong info from other places, it looks 
>>fairly contradictory on Microsoft's part, eg "Last year Microsoft 
>>extended to non-volume licences its program to protect software users 
>>against patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark claims"...that 
>>must be Microsoft's partners who they're protecting against patent 
>>claims, definately not FOSS though !
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> I wouldn't trust that article. Too much FUD.

I wasn't trusting it, just FYI really.