[Am-info] [Fwd:MS borrowed zlib code]

[Roy Bixler]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:43:18AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> "According to a report on CNET, Microsoft is scramling to fix programs
> that contain code from zlib. This is funny from several angles. First,
> MS has once again been caught borrowing code from an open source
> project. Second, they gave no credit to the creators of zlib. The are
> able to do this because zlib is not GPL. But once again, they have been
> caught borrowing from a movement that they otherwise attack. The entire
> article is here:"

Microsoft is fine with Open Source because they can borrow the bits
that suit them.  It's the GPL they attack because it runs directly
contrary to their principle of selective and/or incomplete disclosure
of source code.

Related, there is discussion of this story at Linux Today here:
"http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-03-15-004-26-NW-MS-LL"
A couple in the discussions suggest that the zlib author should change
his licence to GPL and one suggests that Sun should pay the author to
make the licence change.  Well, it's sure easy to spot yet another MS
astro-turfer ...

R.

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