News Comment All comments on news story: Microsoft vs. Google – the open source shame It's a reply to comment: blah blah blah ... by: pinniped  Why are there so many articles on the M$ OSI submissions which don't say much about the submissions themselves? The M$ licenses are a nice big patent noose waiting for some idiot(s) to put their head in it. More M$ patent racketeering - let's see if OSI is (collectively) stupid enough to go for the bait. The writer did not hit the issue.... by: bim_bim  Get over yourself. The issue is not about Google or Microsoft. Chris DiBona is questioning on Microsoft motives. Is the license Open Source Friendly? No. Read the MS-PL license. "(B) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents that you claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from such contributor to the software ends automatically." Why would I become a contributor to a project where anybody can just claim anything out-from-the-sky and steal my hardwork? Also, better understand the terms of GPLv3 and below. GPL only requires you to give the sourcecode if you "Distribute the Software". Google is clearly not distributing software but service. As if, Microsoft is not in the same boat in providing SaaS. And who know how much opensource is being used behind closed doors. Is Microsoft not a partner of Yahoo? as well as, Hotmail?
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