Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Sep 2007 18:42 UTC, submitted by Rahul
The Microsoft Permissive License, one of two licenses the software maker submitted to the Open Source Initiative for approval as open-source licenses in August, is unlikely to be approved in its current form. There have been two principle objections to the license from the open-source community, Michael Tiemann, the president of OSI, told eWEEK in an interview here at the annual Gartner Open Source Summit on Sept. 20. The first objection is that the use of the word 'permissive' in the license title implies an expectation that the license does not meet. The second complaint is that the MS-PL is incompatible with a large number of other open-source licenses, he said.
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RE[8]: The "compatibility" euphemism
by Lettherebemorelight on Mon 24th Sep 2007 19:06
in reply to "RE[7]: The "compatibility" euphemism"
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Actually that is incorrect. The GPL is an extension of copyrights, and has nothing to do with Public Domain, which means that the software (text, work of art, etc.) is not covered by copyright.
The "Public" in GPL (or MPL, or any other Public license) simply means that the license is available to all.