Microsoft Corp. clarified its plans to seek open-source certification for its shared-source licenses on Wednesday, saying it will submit for approval only the two licenses that allow source code to be used on any platform.
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mattflaschen
16 years 38 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago
Well, I guess clarifications never
Well, I guess clarifications never hurt, but I figured as much. The "Limited" licenses clearly violate OSD (http://opensource.org/docs/osd) #10, and possibly #3, #5, #6, #8, and #9. But the two they're submitting seem Open Source. :)