Re: [flalug] Xandros signs with Microsoft

From: Chad Perrin (perrin@apotheon.com)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 20:34:45 EDT


On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 06:16:06PM -0600, John Pugh wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2007 at 6:27 PM, in message
> <20070604222727.GA69643@demeter.hydra>, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:11:26AM -0600, John Pugh wrote:
> >> Microsoft, Xandros Broad Collaboration Agreement Extends Bridge Between
> > Commercial Open Source and Microsoft Software
> >>
> >> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070604/aqm106a.html?.v=1
> >>
> >> Interesting.
> >
> > Yeah . . . it *is* interesting.
> >
> > Unfortunately, these announcements never actually cover any of the legal
> > details that may affect those of us with an interest in the state of the
> > software.
>
> As in disclosure of said details?

Pretty much. I guess what I'd really like to see is a disclosure of the
complete agreement and a point-by-point explication, but that might be
pushing it.

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