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List:       kde
Subject:    RE: IE5 on Linux
From:       Rivyn (Casey Shobe) <rivyn () mailandnews ! com>
Date:       2000-03-16 21:41:13
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Patrick O Neil wrote:
> No it wouldn't and it couldn't.  The barrier is GPL.  M$
> is free to develop for linux with closed source but they 
> cannot develop linux itself without releasing the source.
> The would HAVE to release their source.  They can't even
> blend open source code into closed source apps because 
> they would have to release the code as a result of using
> the open source.

You think the GPL is gonna stop Microsoft?  They can take anything they want
from linux, rewrite it so it's 100% compatible yet also 100% original, and keep
it closed source.

Let's just hope that Bill keeps thinking that Windows is better so he never
does.

- Rivyn [ Casey Allen Shobe ]
- rivyn@mailandnews.com [ UIN: 1494523 ]
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