I think that Microsoft is missing the whole point here. They keep talking incessantly about Intellectual Property, as if everyone that produces information wants to own that information. Even the CIA produces the World Factbook . The government gathers information in order to do that as well as possible. This sort of stuff generally goes toward the common good.
Many individuals like to contribute to that.
People volunteer, work for charitable organizations, and take other actions to try and make our society better. The only contributions they want to be involved with are the contributions from others that put money in their pocketbooks. It seems that Microsoft is not only attacking Free Software, they are also attacking the idea of volunteerism, the role of government, and society itself. This is still the bazaar versus the cathedral. MS tries very hard to maintain its monopoly by whatever means available to them.