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And what permissively licensed software did Microsoft apply this policy to, exactly? Or is it just an unfounded fear?
by jahewson 11y ago
And what permissively licensed software did Microsoft apply this policy to, exactly? Or is it just an unfounded fear?
- anonbanker 11y agoKerberos. back in 2000.
- fao_ 11y agoRead the link. It has a moderately-sized list of examples from Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish#Examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish...
- throwawaykf05 11y agoI could not find a single example of "permissively licensed software" in there. Nor do in think one exists. Remember, this is the Microsoft that would not touch open source with a 10-foot pole. MS did embrace and extend standards, but that is a very different thing from code.