On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:56:17PM -0700,
Hallam-Baker, Phillip <pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com> wrote
a message of 27 lines which said:
I have yet to see a statement that makes a valid legal argument that
the license terms prohibit open source distribution.
Strictly speaking, the Microsoft licence does not *prohibit* free
software distribution. But it *seriously limits* its usefulness
because people who want to exercice their rights by modifying the
source code and redistributing it will need a licence.
The license terms are at least as open as the terms which the IETF
has accepted in the past.
Then the IETF was wrong. Period.