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« on: 12 February 2004, 15:47 »
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/35503.html

Microsoft giving money to its enemies???

"Microsoft has indeed been starting to show up at Linux events claiming to have become kinder and gentler, but by bankrolling a workshop intended to provide guidance on OSS deployment its surely veering into excess of philanthropy territory."

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« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2004, 20:01 »
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MS UK Sponsors Open Source Development Workshop


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« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2004, 20:14 »

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« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2004, 01:24 »
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* The curse of Reg: Not 24 hours after this story appeared, the Microsoft sponsorship tag vanished. Anyone else needing an OSS event unsponsored by Microsoft should let us know. We're still working on how to get them to stop exhibiting at things as well...


Solved.  :D

Also Refalm, I wouldn't really call that a GPL program; granted, the software is in there, but only for the sake of switching people away from it and to Windows.  :rolleyes:
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« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2004, 01:58 »
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Originally posted by WMD:


Solved.   :D  

Also Refalm, I wouldn't really call that a GPL program; granted, the software is in there, but only for the sake of switching people away from it and to Windows.   :rolleyes:  



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« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2004, 01:59 »
The GPL is just a licence. It's irrelevant what the intention of the software is - if it's licenced under the GPL then it's a GPL program. Though actually I'm not sure that everything in SFU is GPL'd.
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