linux in australian government

[Howard Lowndes]

Brett Worth said:
> Daniel McNamara (daniel at codefish.net.au) wrote:
>>
>> That gives a much better description of what Microsoft means by "open
>> source". As always with Microsoft deals "The big print giveth and the
>> small print taketh away"
>
> Is this likely to come back to bite the Open Source community?  Like in
> the old days of AT&T's "mentally contaminated" argument.  If you've seen
> the MicroSoft code then any code you write from then on will include
> "technology" gained by that peek.

I would not doubt that M$ have considered that aspect and that their legal
hounds are salivating at the thought.

>
> --
> Brett


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