Director of Source Program at Microsoft Corporation Jon Rosenberg submitted its Shared Source License called "Microsoft Community License" to Open Source Initiative for considering it as an OSI approved Open Source License. He wrote in his mail to the license-discuss mailing list of OSI : "Microsoft is pleased to submit the Microsoft Community License to the OSI for consideration as an OSI approved license. Microsoft believes that this license provides unique value to the open source community by delivering simplicity, brevity, and clearly delineated reciprocal terms." It will be interesting to see how it turns out. A good move from Microsoft after it recently locked horns with the Free and Open Source Community about patents after its deal with Novell.