On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:31:11 -0700 (PDT), Gene wrote in message <alpine.lfd.2.00.1103311028360.17...@grumble.deltasoft.com>:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > >>>> Hi Everyone: > >>>> > >>>> I Compiler the FlightGear in VS 2008 environment, but the IDE > >>>> have some error so I can't compiler it continue, so I try to > >>>> compiler the Simgear part, it has the error: > >>>> > >>>>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > >>> > >>> ..is Microsoft trying to claim copyright here??? > >>> I ask because I have learned quite a few things about their > >>> litigation strategies since 2003 at http://groklaw.net/ , > >>> I have seen their proxies try similar stunts. > >>> > >> Yeah, god forbid they put a copyright notice in the compiler banner > >> when it starts. *rolls eyes* > > > > ..that, was in no way clear to me. I totally agree copyright > > holders has every right to put copyright notices everywhere they > > damn please on their own works, however Microsoft acts as seen > > @grokla.net, far too often goes beyond that right. > > So instead of asking, "What's with the copyright notice?" you go on > some stupid rambling commentary about how "teh ebil" Microsoft is. > I've yet to see an instance of MS claiming copyright on something > they don't own. If you've got a specific citation, I'd love to see > it. Note that "Search Groklaw" isn't a citation. ..agreed, my strategic interest here is help keep FlightGear copyright safe, one way is make my stupid rambling questions available for future discovery, "should litigation make the need arise." ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
