Re: [LUG] wysiwyg html edit | m$ code leak | excellent book

[Gemma Peter <gemma.peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

frank black wrote:
> Belated comment on Microsoft source code leak:
>
>  The Microsoft source code leak could be intentional. By doing this
> Microsoft can attack Open Source but not closed source products. How? By
> tempting Open Source projects such as Wine to use the Windows code that
> has been released.
>  Any of thier code that is then later found in Open Source is then
> attacked legally. Closed source can more easily `copy` code from OSS than
> vise-versa because of the less transparency in closed sourced code.
> Additionally, OpenSource has little if no legal funding.
>
>  Proving it and gaining evidence in favour:
>
> - The code released is one of the more useful of sections of source code
> compared to the the rest of the OS to Open Source projects.
>
> - The code released contains IP of a lower value to the corporation.
>
>  There may be other ways of finding out more detail.
>
>  This message is Open Source, permission to quote at will ;)

Microsoft released some code under Open source license apparently...

from Sourceforge newsletter:
"Perhaps the most interesting news, which generated the greatest press,
was the release of Open Source software on SourceForge.net by Microsoft.
It is the first time Microsoft has ever released code in this manner.
The company released the code using a valid Open Source (OSI-approved)
license.  We applaud Microsoft for releasing code to the Open Source
community. We hope this is just the beginning of its Open Source
software releases.  You can view the press here:
http://tinyurl.com/2w5xz
The project is located here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/";

Gem


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