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The idea that any of those countries would care at all about license terms is laughable though. China in particular had such a large pirated Windows install bas
by XorNot 3y ago
The idea that any of those countries would care at all about license terms is laughable though. China in particular had such a large pirated Windows install base, that Microsoft realized they needed to keep releasing updates lest they want an endless botnet on their hands (might also do substantial damage to manufacturing infrastructure).
- Throwfi44 3y agoContract can be international and are enforceable! It would be a huge problem for possible future exports, if there was liability with GPLv2 violations!
- fmajid 3y agoMicrosoft would rather China run on mostly pirated Windows than on Linux. The Chinese do have a government-sponsored distro, Red Flag Linux, and at one point the Chinese government ordered Windows 2000 be uninstalled from government computers and replaced by Red Flag Linux, although whether that actually happened, while anyone’s guess, is unlikely.