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Microsoft to subborn subversion of the Apache Software Foundation (ars technica)

Microsoft to subborn subversion of the Apache Software Foundation (ars technica)

Posted Jul 28, 2008 3:37 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Microsoft to subborn subversion of the Apache Software Foundation (ars technica) by AlexHudson
Parent article: Microsoft to sponsor the Apache Software Foundation (ars technica)

On the contrary, an FAQ officially published by Microsoft constitutes a promise. If the original license didn't permit something, but an official document permits it, it provides a legal defense.


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Microsoft to subborn subversion of the Apache Software Foundation (ars technica)

Posted Jul 28, 2008 11:03 UTC (Mon) by AlexHudson (guest, #41828) [Link]

"On the contrary"? I agree it provided a defence. I guess maybe I'm less certain that a
paragraph in a FAQ trumps the actual legal text than you are...

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