hi alan, from what i read the say : " By way of example but not limitation of the foregoing, Recipient shall not distribute the Software, in whole or in part, in conjunction with any Publicly Available Software. " and then later are definig what this publicly available software is. there they say for example "......or (C) be redistributable at no charge." then they linup alot of licenses. lpgl, gpl, sun, netscape (sigh!)...... semms that only valid could be the bsd license, beside the microsoft crap. as i guess that the compiled program relies/uses/has linked in librarys and functions of the msfc, then all these statements simply say you can not produce software and give it away for free while (saving your right on *your* intellectual property) that no other makes money out of it. as this is what the bsd license allow , this license is excluded from the list. if i read this, and a little between the lines, thyre (a) trying to suggest that linux/free software has an virulent (in means of a virus) attitude, and (b) they say "if you make software with our sdk, you only should (could ?) sell it or if you really want to give it out for free, then only if others (and ms, of course) are allowed to make alot of money out of it" btw: but for me this statements from ms in the past are great news for me, because i see an increasing in my jobs, more and more people wnat to have linux boxes/networks installed. and guess, the ones who switched are happy now, while i can definitely see that there is fewer to administer/maintain (if not, than i could not have time for others to set up their stuff, but i have....) greets, chris Am Donnerstag, 21. Juni 2001 21:34 schrieb Alan Lenton:
I think you misunderstand 9at least from my reading of it). You can give software produced with the SDK away. You can ever give away the source code, as long as it isn't distributed under the GPL.
alan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Klippel"
To: "Timothy R.Butler" ; "SuSE Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Microsoft Plays Hardball: SDK EULA Prohibits Open Source | hi all, | | uhhh....wow..... i can not believe this is true..... im in a bad dream
here ??
| does m$ really try to say "you can use our sdk (sigh!) only to produce | comercialy usable software" ?? | a software development kit ??? tied to only one purpose ??? | does this mean in fact, that, if anyone is making a little
tool/app/whatever
| can not give it away for free as long as it is made with their sdk ? | | its now clear how is *against* intellectual property....... very
clear.....
| greets, | | chris | (now really scared)
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