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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Seems like someone messed up rather than some MS misinformation campaign. They </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>write:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=refLabel><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-13aidsresearch.mspx">Microsoft Shared Source assists AIDS research</A></DIV>
<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. </P>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also when you look at Open Source Licenses MS clearly only lists Ms-PL and MS-RL.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>