While Microsoft has no current plan to apply for Open Source Initiative approval of the new licenses that will govern its Shared Source projects going forward, the software maker has not ruled this out as a possibility going forward.
While Microsoft has no current plan to apply for Open Source Initiative approval of the new licenses that will govern its Shared Source projects going forward, the software maker has not ruled this out as a possibility going forward.
those licenses probably won’t be certified.
Unless OSI decides to weaken the demands for a license to be certified.
The “new” MS licenses simply aren’t open source licenses.
The “new” MS licenses simply aren’t open source licenses.
A lot of people disagree with you, including Danese Cooper and Tim O’Reilly. I haven’t looked at the licences myself yet, but the tone has been set.
I know that MS + OSS = FATAL ERROR for most people, but not for me. First let me read the license, then I’ll make a proper judgment. Calling the licenses aforehand “not open source” is silly and ignorant.
I already have read them. And many people agree with me. They do not qualify as open source licenses.
But we’ll see.. wouldn’t hurt me if MS actually made a true open source license. I’d welcome such a step. This just isn’t such a step. Yet.
Feel free to explain why MS-PL and MS-CL do not qualify as open source licenses, as FSF Europe agrees that they look like they are OSI compliant even today.
as FSF Europe agrees that they look like they are OSI compliant even today.
no, the FSFE says, that it looks like that are free software licenses and “FSF’s Free Software Definition” compliant. They don’t rate licenses with the OSI definition and they don’t decide which license is OSI compliant.
Just to avoid confusion.
A lot of people seems to be stuck on the two licenses that are “Windows only” limited and the one that is “read only”, and refuse to see the two ones that actually most likely would get certified as open source licenses if MS submitted them for such approval.
it seems like the Ms-PL and Ms-CL are really free software licenses: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2005q4/000120.htm…
The beast will ride any bandwagon in order to be the top wolf in the hen house.
convicted monopolies deserve no support
Agreed. I just don’t wanna listen to any of their s h i t any longer. If they want to catch my attention they should first conceal their identity
(Ups, I shouldn’t give that advice for free…)