On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 16:55 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > FTA: > > > ...The European Commission said Microsoft will now charge a one-time fee of > > 10,000 euros > > to firms that want "complete and accurate" technical information on Windows > > software. > > > In addition, it will also allow the data to go to open source software > > developers. > > > Open source software allows users to read, alter and improve its code - in > > contrast to > > proprietary software where a company controls the source code... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7056288.stm > > -- > Matthew G Larsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > There's some discussion about this on Slashdot - there is also the mention of a much reduced royalty for a worldwide license including patents being reduced from 5.95 percent to 0.4 percent.
I must admit though that given the timing of this capitulation I wonder how it ties into recent patent infringement remarks by Steve Ballmer. Dougie Richardson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
