Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] .NET on the Mac and BSD

["Matthew W. Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Also from the license:
>
> "You may use any information in intangible form that you remember after
> accessing the Software. However, this right does not grant you a license to
> any of Microsoft's copyrights or patents for anything you might create using
> such information."
>
> This sounds like this license prohibits you from using "the Software" to
> create products that interoperate with or outright replace Microsoft's
> products, because you *might* be infringing on their numerous patents. Also,
> it looks like once you've seen their code and then create your own, Microsoft
> can force you to release your work under their license because you may have
> subconsciously copied their code in your work. You don't even have to copy it
> verbatim; coding "from memory" still counts under this license.

Also, with Linux growing in the commercial market, this may be a way of
keeping it out of most linux distro's.

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