For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License
Alexander Terekhov
alexander.terekhov at gmail.com
Thu Sep 27 07:48:38 UTC 2007
On 9/27/07, Jon Rosenberg (PBM) <jonr at microsoft.com> wrote:
[...]
> 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.
Reciprocal is good. Open is not so good. Consider:
* Microsoft Permissive License becomes Microsoft Academic License
http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/mags/so/2005/04/s4114.pdf
(Understanding Open Source Licensing: Three How-To Guides)
regards,
alexander.
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