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The commission ruled last year that Microsoft had abused its dominant position in the operating system market to extend its dominance to servers. One of the remedies imposed at the time?and brought into effect after a court ruling in December?required Microsoft to license server communications protocols to competitors.
Kroes confirmed that open-source licenses are excluded from Microsoft's latest proposal and may only be allowed if the commission wins in Microsoft's appeal of the case. The appeal process is, however, expected to take several years.
The commission ruled last year that Microsoft had abused its dominant position in the operating system market to extend its dominance to servers. One of the remedies imposed at the time?and brought into effect after a court ruling in December?required Microsoft to license server communications protocols to competitors.
Kroes confirmed that open-source licenses are excluded from Microsoft's latest proposal and may only be allowed if the commission wins in Microsoft's appeal of the case. The appeal process is, however, expected to take several years.
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