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   From: nikke.karlsson@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-13, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   > Do you think Microsoft would get involved with a GPL project?   
      
   They already have, including the Linux kernel. If one is to believe   
   Wikipedia, their first real run-in with the GPL was in 1998.   
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_open_source#1990s   
      
   > How many other FOSS projects use the MIT, Apache, Zero Clause BSD, or   
   > other permissive licenses?   
      
   I don't know offhand, but I've always been under the impression the   
   licenses you mentioned are all relatively widespread.   
      
   Niklas   
   --   
   > "Abendessen" ("evening meal")   
   ITYM "meal eaten whilst trying to figure out why the damn program keeps   
   crashing"   
              -- Kai Henningsen and Cael in asr   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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