I'm still sure as ever Microsoft is no friend of free (as in Freedom, not price) software and can't help but shake my head at this latest publicity stunt. I wouldn't trust their software any further than I throw it.
I'm still sure as ever Microsoft is no friend of free (as in Freedom, not price) software and can't help but shake my head at this latest publicity stunt. I wouldn't trust their software any further than I throw it.
I don't see how that's anything but reasonable unless you take the position that all software ought to be open source regardless the creators wishes.
[1] https://opensource.org/osd
In particular, if the software or "work" was never made freely available by its lawful owner, it is not open source.
> There is a viable alternative to the problems raised by Bill Gates in his irate letter to computer hobbyists concerning "ripping off" software. When software is free, or so inexpensive that it's easier to pay for it than to duplicate it, then it won't be "stolen".
—Jim Warren, July 1976
It is about earning money. RedHat does it. Microsoft does it.