Microsoft's view on copyright
So today I'm browsing around looking for miscellaneous things to read on this "lazy" Sunday afternoon. Since I'm stepping into the role as the new CTO of PathScale I thought I should at least spend some more time looking into open source business models. That's when someone pointed me at Open Source Is Not a Business Model (CAOS 9) . Being curious as I am I thought I'd try to get more opinions or feedback on this case study.. Half way down a quick google search I noticed there was a 71 page PDF. Well thanks to Microsoft [1] the 451 Group's article is free for the whole world?
I'm not sure if Microsoft has a special place in their heart for open source business models, but gosh I could only hope they make this as freely accessible to their management. Which begs another question.. What is Microsoft's view on copyright infringement?
"Authorized Reproduction: Public reproduction or republication — including citations from
analysts’ reports — of the Group’s material(s) is forbidden, except with the expressed written
permission of the Group. To inquire about authorized reproduction, individual named users
should contact their respective account manager(s)."
[1] I'll be letting the copyright owner know about this and if in fact it's not supposed to be publicly available the link will probably be removed.
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