LXer: Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL

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07-23-2009, 05:50 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,422 Rep:	LXer: Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL Published at LXer: Microsoft was in violation of the GPL (General Public License) on the Hyper-V code it released to open source this week. After Redmond covered itself in glory by opening up the code, it now looks like it may have acted simply to head off any potentially embarrassing legal dispute over violation of the GPL. The rest was theater. Read More...

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