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Closed source plugins are common in the GPL world
I use closed source stuff all over the place. It just works like a plugin. It generally comes in binary form and thus it is protected from tampering. The open source GPL code simply accomodates it. You load your GPL product and then go to Microsoft's site or whereever and read the EULA, check the box, and away you go. Not a big deal.
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Well..  vdraken | 11/05/04
Author needs to get his facts straight.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/04
Author has them correct.  berck | 11/05/04
Interesting, and I think misleading.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/04
Closed source plugins are common in the GPL world  George Mitchell | 11/06/04
Oh I agree, but being clear on it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
Microsoft is opening this to meet EU req's.  B.O.F.H. | 11/06/04
Actually no, it was part of the DOJ agreement.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
So accroding to No_Ax, Microsoft got it wrong?  B.O.F.H. | 11/06/04
What is NOT being said.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/04
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 11/05/04
It does not need to be included ...  George Mitchell | 11/06/04
True, open source can be another channel for MS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
How much better  michael-t | 11/05/04
You wanna see miserable consumers...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/04
why are you so upset?  JasonL31 | 11/07/04
THANKS, MONTI  theo_durcan | 11/05/04
Monit boy had NOTHING to do with it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
This is to meet EU's IDA Commission, not DOJ.  B.O.F.H. | 11/06/04
Go back and read the DoJ settlement please.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
Take it up with Microsoft!  B.O.F.H. | 11/06/04
And Monti says...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/04
You shoulod do a little research before you respond!  B.O.F.H. | 11/07/04
Questions on the method.  Update victim | 11/05/04
Answers for ya.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/04
A million posts by NoAx again, and he gets it wrong every time  hipparchus2000 | 11/06/04
Hmmm, lets see how many ways you are wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/04
"whining to have it given to standards body" etc  hipparchus2000 | 11/07/04
now f they just stop bolting apps to the OS  JasonL31 | 11/07/04
Huh, everyone is HAPPY.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/04
You claim to be a consultant  IT_User | 11/07/04
By your request...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/08/04
no link then  hipparchus2000 | 11/08/04
then why are you so unhappy?  JasonL31 | 11/07/04
Me, I'm as happy as a pig in slip.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/08/04
A pig in a slip?  Spoon Jabber | 11/09/04
Not that you are using it anyways  FilledOut | 11/08/04

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