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Article #3402Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)
From: Eirik Lygre
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:39
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:39
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In article <1993Jan8.185240.19628@orlith.bates.edu> lmalloy@abacus.bates.edu (Laura G. Malloy) writes: > >While it's naive of me to think that MS might permit an OS/2 developer >to use its code, I would have thought that IBM, having been an OS/2 >partner with MS for some time, would have rights to code developed at >least during the time of their joint work together or, depending upon >agreements, even after (it's not as if MS would really *need* code to an >OS/2 2.x driver, right?). Doesn't IBM have any real say in this at all? > >Joe Malloy >German Department / Hamilton College / Clinton, New York > It has been known for a rather long time that Microsoft own some code that relates to device drivers, and that it is not willing to release it. This has been used as one excuse for not delivering a device driver development kit -- negotiations of source code release has taken a long time. Eirik Lygre ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirik Lygre Phone: +47 4 623766 Kvam data as Fax : +47 4 623985 PO Box 1101 Lura Email: ekl@kvamdata.no N-4301 SANDNES, NORWAY ======================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!alf.uib.no!hsr.no!fics!ekl From: ekl@kvamdata.no (Eirik Lygre) Subject: Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long) Organization: Kvam data as Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:39:09 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan09.133909.24583@kvamdata.no> Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocay References: <1993Jan08.102011.22100@kvamdata.no> <1993Jan8.140504.6677@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> <1993Jan8.185240.19628@orlith.bates.edu> Lines: 27