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Open source software advocate Eric S. Raymond is reporting that his name and copyright information for a bit of MIT-licensed code called the GIFLIB library are included in the end user license agreement of a Microsoft application called Expression 3.3. Expression is a vector and pixel-based image manipulation application originally created by Creature House, a software production company acquired by Microsoft in 2003. The newest release of Expression runs only on Windows XP, whereas previous versions were also compatible with the Macintosh platform. Raymond says GIFLIB was originally written by Gershon Elber, whose name is also mentioned in the EULA,...

Linux and the GPL a Hard Look at a Leftist Software Development Model. by Coral Snake Also features the complete GNU General Public License by Richard M Stallman (RMS) -- (with commentary by Coral Snake) For the last five years I have been involved with the "Free Software Movement". During my time in this movement I have been an avid user of the Linux OS from kernel 2.0 to kernel 2.4, The GIMP graphics authoring program, Open Office, and the GCC C and C++ compilers with the KDevelop IDE. I have also been a regular visitor to all the "Free...