BetaNews | Microsoft Accepts Most EU Demands
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In response, a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews, "The Commission
contends that open source vendors are excluded. This is an area that
warrants further discussion with the Commission. This is an example of
an issue that is nuanced and complex and these issues revolve around
finding a way to strike a balance on protecting IP rights and making
these technologies more broadly available."
"We are working with the Commission to try to find a way that companies
can implement these technologies in code that would get distributed with
open source products, but the source code wouldn't be published itself
so that the confidentiality of our information is preserved," the
spokesperson added.
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