Microsoft, Linux Foundation hate on ALI contract guidelines

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In public debates about emerging intellectual property issues that relate to software, the Linux Foundation and Microsoft are often on opposing sides. Both seem to agree, however, that a new set of guidelines authored by the American Law Institute (ALI) for interpreting software contract law is deeply flawed. In an open lette r that was published Monday, the Linux Foundation and Microsoft contend that the ALI’s Principles of the Law of Software Contracts is detrimental to the growth of the software industry and the open source software ecosystem.