For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License

[Michael Tiemann]

On 9/26/07, Jon Rosenberg (PBM) <jonr at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> When I committed in my last posting to consulting the community on future
> license revisions, I really wasn't expecting that I'd be doing it this week.
> :-)  Nevertheless, it seems that opinion on the Permissive License name is
> divided and it's time to make good on that commitment.  While we also
> couldn't find anything in the OSD that mentions the license name, the fact
> remains that some folks do not feel that the contents of the license are
> clearly communicated by the term, "Permissive."  We have also sought
> feedback from the hundreds of licensors who are using the Microsoft licenses
> today.  They told us something quite different: that the Community License
> name did not adequately communicate the fact that this license was
> reciprocal.  As I stated in my previous post, our goal is clarity and
> transparency.  The goal of the license titles was clear differentiation
> between a reciprocal license and a permissive license, so I would like to
> propose a revision that I hope will get us closer to that goal.  I would
> like to get all of your feedback on the following name revisions:
> *       Microsoft Community License becomes Microsoft Reciprocal License
> *       Microsoft Permissive License becomes Microsoft Open License
> I look forward to your feedback.  Thanks.


It is a great pleasure to work with somebody who makes their agenda clear.
I applaud your efforts to achieve clarity and transparency.

M
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