current OS license

[Lester Caine]

Charlton Purvis wrote:

> Hi, folks:
> 
> Although there continues to be an open source spirit surrounding the code
> amid the launch of a MS Foundation, I'd like to ask for clarification re.
> the license of the MS code as it stands now.
> 
> If for whatever reason a company like Autodesk (or I guess it would have to
> be the Foundation) wanted to slap some kind of non-open source license on
> the code, is it true that the current code we call MapServer in its current
> state will always remain covered under the license below?  Basically I'm
> trying to make sure that a shop can't somehow repossess something that was
> originally OS thus preventing folks from using it like it's being used now.

Borland tried it with Interbase, but Firebird is now freely available 
and there is not a lot Borland can now do about it ;)
I am sure Autocad have a 'hidden agenda' but as long as there are free 
versions of what ever is needed to provide a working system then there 
will not be a problem. Anything commercial will have to be worth the 
money to make any sales :)

p.s. I am not seeing my posts to the list so if you get this Charlton 
and it's not on the list please can you forward it :(

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