Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Jul 2007 20:31 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
"In his keynote at OSCON, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf announced that Microsoft is submitting its shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative. This is a huge, long-awaited move. It will be earthshaking for both Microsoft and for the open source community if the licenses are in fact certified as open source licenses. Microsoft has been releasing a lot of software as shared source (nearly 650 projects, according to Bill). If this is suddenly certified as true open source software, it will be a lot harder to draw a bright line between Microsoft and the open source community." In addition, Microsoft has launched a new website where it details its relationship with open source.
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2005-10-02
Yes, only a few of the many "Shared Source" licenses.
I assumed it was those three licenses. They seem reasonable to me, and an OSI-approval would be a nice step
EDIT: Oops... missed a spot. MS' reference license won't be approved. No approval without modification rights of some sort. So that one is going down the drain. But the first two (permissive and community) ought to go through.
Edited 2007-07-26 21:02