Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 19th May 2009 04:19 UTC
The two organizations haven't been what you'd call snuggle-buddies, but they're certainly adamant about certain aspects of software enough to agree and collectively petition a legal group for redress of a document. In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation have joined forces in writing and signing a letter to the American Law Institute asking for the group to hold off on submitting a document entitled "Principles of the Law of Software Contracts" for adjustments.
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Do the new guidelines address public domain as well? Can nothing be put into the Commons without liability?
Public domain has its own existential difficulties in Europe, of course.
Public domain has its own existential difficulties in Europe, of course.
Good point, Braddock.
I think it's very important to be able to keep the ability to be able to release software on an "as is"
basis. Lots of people are happy to use software released on that basis, and for those who aren't, there is always paid support by (say) Red Hat, Novell and so on.
Things can be sold on places like EBay and other such sites on an "as is" basis. Software should be no different.
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