The amusing thing is, that, should MS continue with this blatant 'legalese' they will find themselves:

• a) Unable to develop software.
• b) Closed off to major markets, where, e.g., gcc might be necessary.
• c) Legally liable to lawsuits between different parts of itself (!)

As a matter of fact, it could be the beginning of the end for MS should anyone there be foolish enough... :-)

--- perchance