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If a codebase was infringing the GPL, the remedy is to publish the offending source code or terminate distribution. Neither are cases I suspect Microsoft cares
by scj 3y ago
If a codebase was infringing the GPL, the remedy is to publish the offending source code or terminate distribution. Neither are cases I suspect Microsoft cares about when talking about 3rd party code.
I don't know what case history is like for damages with open source projects, but I suspect it wouldn't be that big of a concern for Microsoft.
Otherwise stated, Microsoft's downside to this is committing their lawyers. And the upside is to improve their code generation tools.
IANAL though.