RE: [DotGNU]Shared source CLI beta released

[Barry Fitzgerald]

If the GNU GPL is considered viral by Microsoft, then in response they
have invented contagious cancer in license format.  I read this license
very similarly to what Rhys has said here.  That by not giving you a
license, they are providing grounds to sue anyone who sees the code and
then produces their own product -- claiming that they have stolen their
copyright.

Even if this one allowed for us to use the products, this license should
be avoided simply because of the potential problems it could cause down
the road.

        -Barry




On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Robert Isaacs wrote:

> This license seems particularly problematic, because they encourage
> academic uses for the sources.  This would seem to take a large group of
> people (students in a class), and make their work on similar software
> questionable.  This would become more and more of a problem as more MS
> source is "shared sourced."
>
> I would hope that universities would negotiate some stronger protections
> for their students, or avoid the code altogether.
>
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhys Weatherley [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:08 AM
> To: Robert Isaacs
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [DotGNU]Shared source CLI beta released
>
> <snip>
>
> It would be safest to avoid looking at the code altogether,
> or to closely follow the procedures in the GNU Coding
> Guidelines with respect to existing code.  i.e. if you've
> seen it, then make sure you use a completely different
> implementation strategy in your own code.
>
> Perhaps another way of writing that clause would be:
>
>     If this information gets into your brain by some means,
>     we agree not to perform a lobotomy on you to forcibly
>     remove it from your neurons.  But you are expressly
>     forbidden from allowing it to escape from your brain.
>
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rhys.
>
>
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