On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 00:15 +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 07:18:36PM +0000, Alex Hudson wrote:
Indeed, the correct title of the agremeent is:
"Microsoft Work Group Server Protocol Program License Agreement (No Patents)"
That's the: "if you don't want to license patents but to develop under an NDA" agreement.
Which is the agreement they entered into.
You claimed that they paid money to Microsoft "for patents".
You get to access, under very controlled conditions, some very hard to read documentation which you will not be able to talk about with anyone.
That's a completely different argument. Whether or not you like the deal is really neither here nor there; the point is, money was not paid to Microsoft in recognition of their patent rights.
Cheers,
Alex.