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The GPL doesn't allow for code to be simultaneously covered by a license that restricts distribution. Does the language of the MS/Sun language actually define conditions for release?

If the only thing the agreement does is say that MS agrees not to pursue action against anyone who installed OO before a given date, but explicitly retains the right to pursue other actions ... so what? Other than exposing their strategy, this doesn't mean anything for OO. Except for FUD.

Okay, so I guess that's it. People were starting to recognize that MS was slinging empty threats. So they just put a date on one of their threats.