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<p class=MsoPlainText>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>In this case, MSCompBio is licensed under the Microsoft
Research License - a license which makes source freely available, with the
condition that usage be non-commercial in nature. This is considered standard
in fields of research or academia. This license is in fact maintained by
Microsoft Research, not Shared Source.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I work for Bill and Sam & can ensure we're committed
to clarity on what projects are OSI approved, and which are not. There is a
wave of updates for microsoft.com in January to address these types of
concerns. These updates also reflect work across Microsoft on guidelines
about how to communicate these topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The web team is on break until January, but we'll take a
look at that article as soon as everyone is back.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Jamie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tzeng, Nigel H.
[mailto:Nigel.Tzeng@jhuapl.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bgallia@luc.edu; License Discuss<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Microsoft use of the term "Open Source"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Seems like someone messed up rather than some MS misinformation
campaign. They write:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-13aidsresearch.mspx"><span
style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=60 height=17
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src="http://img.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/graphics/msr.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-13aidsresearch.mspx">Microsoft
Shared Source assists AIDS research</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=nomargin>Through <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/">CodePlex</a>,
Microsoft’s open source project portal, Microsoft Research is sharing
source code and tools with the global health community to help scientists
expedite AIDS research. View the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/MSCompBio/">project</a>
on CodePlex, or read the <a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-13aidsresearch.mspx">press
release</a> for more information. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also
when you look at Open Source Licenses MS clearly only lists Ms-PL and MS-RL.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>They appear still be sorting out their sites with old material and
new and a mixture of terms as they list MS Reciprocal as MS-RL, no short form
for MS-Reference but refer to MS-Reference as MS-RL in some documents.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
PDF says they use an open source approach and not specifically an open source
license. Eh, that's about right. And while CodePlex should probably
be described as MS's shared source portal I guess it depends on point of
view. Shared source is the more general term that covers both shared and
open source projects at MS but if MS is trying to orient more on the two OSI
approved licenses for CodePlex that's even better. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
various reference source stuff there isn't anything you can contribute to or
join anyway. Nice to have but not as important as the open source
projects hosted on CodePlex.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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