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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by rbanffy on Monday January 10, 2011 @10:28AM (#2088702)
> While MSFT is announcing more open source support.

Erm... They may support it in some instances.

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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by oiuyuikuhygt on Monday January 10, 2011 @10:50AM (#2088762)
OK you aren't about to see Balmer and Stallman together in a hot tub. But MSFT haven't banned GPLed software from their platform
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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by rbanffy on Monday January 10, 2011 @04:04PM (#2089737)
> MSFT haven't banned GPLed software from their platform

Apple didn't ban GPLed software from their platforms. Apple has terms of service for their software distribution mechanism that conflicts with GPL'ed software. I agree the terms are restrictive and disrespectful towards the users, but I am not sure why are you implying that Microsoft is doing much better. Have you read any recent EUAL from them?

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Re:The GPL, the App Store, and You by statictype on Monday January 10, 2011 @11:52AM (#2088944)
I'm guessing these terms are to protect against piracy. I don't think distributing apps via ad-hoc distribution (with the developer license) or through their enterprise program would have these restrictions.
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