From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-07 07:59:50 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 10:59:26 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 14:59:26 GMT Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!news.bnb-lp.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7261 Date: 2001-05-07T14:59:26+00:00 List-Id: In article , Emmanuel Briot says... >[Posted on behalf of Robert Dewar] >(by the way, I comment on Microsoft's latest outburst that they have a lot >of chutzpah to complain that they don't like the license we choose to give >because it means they cannot abscond with *our* intellectual property :-) .. >(another side comment on Microsoft is that of course when they try to spread >FUD about open source software in general, and the GPL in particular, what >they are really trying to do is to stop people using the stuff. It must be >very frustrating for Microsoft that not only is there important software >that they don't own it, but they can't even buy it, no matter how much >money they have :-) They also can't use their famous "embrace and extend" technique, as they have to make the sources available for any extensions they distribute. :-) For anyone who doesn't know what Microsoft comments we are referring to, see: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/craig/05-03sharedsource.asp There's a response from Alan Cox posted at http://news.wideopen.com/fc/2-118,209-119,509967 and a response from Linus at http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/05/03/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/torvalds.htm --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com