They are licensing a specific subset related to the protocols the EU demanded more documentation on.

The important move would be to document all [Microsoft's] file formats and communications protocols, make the documentation publicly available, and make a binding promise not to sue or harass people who write open source software to interoperate.

We used the protocols and source code that was published on AOL's Web site. We looked at the documentation on the Web site, and we believe we are in full compliance. We tried to contact AOL [about our product plans], but they did not return any of our phone calls or e-mails.

We used the protocols and source code that were published on AOL's Web site. We looked at the documentation on the Web site, and we believe we are in full compliance. We tried to contact AOL [about our product plans], but they did not return any of our phone calls or e-mails.

Content owners may not take advantage of what Microsoft is doing? They could bypass the PC altogether, or come up with some other type of system.

That is crazy expensive. But once you've got users in your world, you can track them. There is sort of an Orwellian possibility to it.