[Ilugc] [ILuG-C] Microsoft Office on Linux

[ashwin kesavan]

On 5 January 2012 10:25, Arun Venkataswamy <arun289 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Krishnan Sethuraman <
> krishnan.ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> >
>> >Why Not? Apple's app signing is a good example for piracy proof way of
>> >using a AppStore to distribute software. If Ubuntu goes the same way with
>> >its paid apps, why can't MS get a piracy proof method?
>>
>> I don't think they will. Because to build a Linux version and offer it to
>> people, they need to release the source code as well. Which they will not
>> do.
>>
>>
> Can you explain why source code should be released?
> To my knowledge, code signing does not require source code to be
> submitted...

+1

with regards,
ashwin