[Eug-lug] Re: question for the fair folk?

[mage at chromebob.com]

It really depends on a few things:

1) Is Microsoft distributing their code under their usual draconian EULAs?

2) Is Microsoft's work a derivative of the LGPL work, or does it simply link to it?

3) Are they including information that the code, or that parts of the code, is covered under the LGPL?

4) Are they making all LGPL parts readily available as a source-code download?

Pretty much, as long as they aren't claiming that the LGPL code, or derivatives of it, belong solely to them, then they are not afoul of the license.  That's the thing that is sucky about the LGPL and why Ricky Stallman has been trying to get people to stop using it for the last 6+ years.

Chris

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:15:19 -0700, "Michael Miller" <mike.mikemiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if that is exactly legal.  MS is known for taking source
> code and repackaging it.  Ever strings there TCP/IP stack or any of
> the files in the Unix Services for Windows?
> 
> On 7/11/06, Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not that I know of... I suppose that would be a good reason to use FLOSS
> :)
>>
>> Did y'all catch the recent article(s) about MS and some OpenDoc-related
> LGPG
>> utilities which they included in an ODF plugin?
>>  http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060709143240795
>>
> http://digg.com/software/Microsoft_Grabs_Some_Code_for_its_ODF_Plugin..._From_the_ODF_Fellowship
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>>      Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/11/06, Michael Miller <mike.mikemiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I guess on a side note.  Did you have a sign out at the fair that
>> > exsplaned how Microsoft is droping support for Windows 98 and Me
>> > today?
>>
>>
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