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标题：Did Microsoft Block Free Software from Licensing Scheme?
作者：Matthew Broersma
期刊名称：ExtremeTech
印刷版ISSN：1551-8167
出版年度：2005
卷号：January 2005
出版社：Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Did Microsoft Block Free Software from Licensing Scheme?

Matthew Broersma

One of Microsoft Corp.'s most vocal opponents on Tuesday accused the company of blocking Linux, Samba and other major open-source projects from taking part in a protocol licensing scheme mandated by the European Commission's antitrust ruling.

The criticism from the Free Software Foundation Europe came a day after Microsoft announced it wouldn't challenge a court decision requiring it to comply immediately with the sanctions imposed last year by the EC. Microsoft may have agreed to comply, but ensuring effective compliance will be another matter, FSF Europe said.

The group represents the interests of open-source (or free software) developers, and its GPL (GNU General Public License) is used by major open-source projects such as the Linux operating system kernel and Samba, which allows file and print interoperability between Linux and Windows networks.

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