Microsoft Simplifies Shared Source Programme
News Microsoft Permissive License: Designed primarily for developer-related products, it enables developers to view, modify and redistribute Microsoft source code. With licenses under the Microsoft Permissive License, the kits provide source code...
[October 19, 2005, 17:05]
Open Source Comes Of Age
News The concept remains contentious, not only in the business world, but among developers, many of whom prefer more permissive licences such as the BSD or MIT licences — neither of which supports copyleft.
[March 13, 2006, 17:10]
Source Code Is Not The Right Protocol
Talkback If the source code Microsoft was offering, was to be licensed under the Microsoft Community License or the Microsoft Permissive License - not the Limited-to-Microsoft versions of those licenses - I would see the value of it to European developers.
[January 27, 2006, 6:37]
Raymond Attacks Microsoft Over OOXML Fiasco
News Eric S Raymond, a founding member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), labelled Microsoft's behaviour in pushing Office Open XML (OOXML) for fast track ISO certification as "egregious", and said that he was almost ready to recommend that Microsoft...
[September 3, 2007, 15:53]
JBoss And Apache Clash On Shared Code
News He said that this is an important matter as the Apache license is more permissive than the JBoss license. In fact, it appears that by neglecting to attribute the code and follow the Apache License for this example, the violation of copyright would...
[November 12, 2004, 16:55]
Virtualisation: The Cure For All Software Installation Ills?
News And though it's had a more permissive position in the past, it has backed off that stance: "Microsoft did not renew our license to [redistribute] Windows. For example, Microsoft in 2004 began charging the same price for a dual-core processor as for...
[March 31, 2006, 16:35]
Eben Moglen: GPLv3 Set For Success
News Some more "permissive" open-source licences such as the Apache License permit changes to be kept secret and open-source software to be tightly incorporated into proprietary software. Eben Moglen, the law professor and open-source legal expert who...
[May 24, 2007, 11:40]
Ozzie Takes Microsoft Beyond Windows
News In a nod to the popularity of open source among web start-ups and developers, Microsoft said it will release the source code for its Dynamic Language Runtime — software for running applications written with dynamic, or scripting, languages — under...
[May 3, 2007, 17:26]
Microsoft Details Enhancements To Great Plains 8.0
News The office environment is pretty much as permissive as a Web browser. It enables real time Web access to financial information, but you don't need to have a license for another Great Plains client, and you can afford to share information at much...
[April 23, 2004, 18:10]
