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Microsoft legally promises not to sue open source -> 1

Submitted by Julie188
Julie188 writes "As part of the agreement Microsoft has struck with the European Commission to offer a ballet screen for browsers, Microsoft has issued what it calls the "Patent Pledge for Open Source Developers." The pledge tells developers that Microsoft won't sue them for developing open source software for its flagship products as long as they are not selling their software."
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  • 'An "open source project" is a software development project the resulting source code of which is freely distributed, modified, or copied pursuant to an open source license and is not commercially distributed by its participants .. To clarify, "Microsoft Necessary Claims" are those claims of Microsoft-owned or Microsoft-controlled patents that are necessary to implement the Technical Documentation. "Technical Documentation" means the Microsoft technical documentation for protocols located at the following

I hope you're not pretending to be evil while secretly being good. That would be dishonest.