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Microsoft begins "Extinguish" phase of dealing with Open Source: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-begins-extinguish-phase https://lunduke.substack.com/

• PoignardAzur 4y ago
  From the linked article: > On June 16th, Microsoft updated the policy for the Microsoft store to include the following restriction for all software sold: “to prohibit charging fees in the Store for open-source or other software that is generally available for free” The obvious non-evil interpretation is that this policy is intended to stop scalpers who eg sell Mozilla Firefox on Windows Store. See also this tweet: https://twitter.com/gisardo/status/1545473811226705922 https://twitter.com/gisardo/status/1545473811226705922 > On June 16, we shared a policy aimed to protect customers from misleading listings,in effect from July 16. In listening to dev community,we got feedback it could be perceived differently than intended.We'll delay enforcement of that policy until we clarify the intent. Stay tuned. Of course the GM posting this could be lying and the intent could be to specifically harm open-source, but... that doesn't seem likely given the evidence we have? As evidence that Microsoft is doing "Extinguish", this is very thin.