For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Sep 28 20:08:43 UTC 2007


Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 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

I prefer Open because Academic has essentially the same meaning as
Permissive.

Matt Flaschen



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