Microsoft to Open Windows to Please EU
An AP newswire article, via USA Today, reports that:
Microsoft said Wednesday it will license its Windows source code to comply with a European Union antitrust ruling.
The company's chief counsel Brad Smith said called the move "a bold stroke."
Microsoft has refused to license the source code in the past. Software developers still will have to pay for the code, which open source advocates will not be allowed to "publish for free," Smith cautioned. The company had "just started to provide this information on both sides on the Atlantic" and regulators "want to see all the details," Smith added.
posted by Fergie @ 1/25/2006 07:22:00 AM
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