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"You may not use or distribute this Software or any derivative works in any form for commercial purposes. Examples of commercial purposes would be running business operations, licensing, leasing, or selling the Software, distributing the Software for use with commercial products, using the Software in the creation or use of commercial products or any other activity which purpose is to procure a commercial gain to you or others."

I'm sure No_Ax and others who rail against the GPL's anti-proprietary stance will stay consistent and condemn MS for this license. However I give MS credit here, and since I'm sure Gates had some influence in this decision I'll give him his props too.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 06/13/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Microsoft shares source code with AIDS researchers  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
What does Jobs do with his money?  NonZealot | 06/13/07
Same as he did for his daughter, Lisa.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
How can you be sure?  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
To his credit  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
A dollar. Well, you get what you pay for.  James T. Kirk | 06/13/07
And this is about  Freebird54 | 06/15/07
SCOPE OF RIGHTS:  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
I think you misunderstand  NonZealot | 06/13/07
Exactly (nt)  rapson | 06/13/07
Depends on what you are talking about  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
Only comparing GPL to other licenses  NonZealot | 06/13/07
Semantics  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
Getting off topic  NonZealot | 06/13/07
Also  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
No issue for me...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
i know, snobbish people prefer to pay  galileon | 06/14/07
Of course you wouldn't.  nighthawk808 | 06/17/07

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