[DotGNU]The MS settlement with DOJ

[Bill Lance]

Here is a DOJ blurb on the 'settlement':

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/November/01_at_569.htm


Three sections of direct interest:


"Disclosure of Middleware Interfaces- Microsoft will
be required to provide software developers with the
interfaces used by Microsoft's middleware to
interoperate with the operating system. This will
allow developers to create competing products that
will emulate Microsoft's integrated functions. "




"Freedom to Install Middleware Software--Computer
manufacturers and consumers will be free to substitute
competing middleware software on Microsoft's operating
system. "



"Licensing of Intellectual Property- Microsoft also
will be required to license any intellectual property
to computer manufacturers and software developers
necessary for them to exercise their rights under the
proposed Final Judgment, including for example, using
the middleware protocols disclosed by Microsoft to
interoperate with the operating system. This
enforcement measure will ensure that intellectual
property rights do not interfere with the rights and
obligations under the proposed Final Judgment. "


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