For Approval: Microsoft Public License

Brendan Scott lists at opensourcelaw.biz
Thu Oct 4 06:36:26 UTC 2007


Zac Bowling wrote:
> It's pretty straight forward. The new license has provide all the same
> requirements or more then this license if you release in object form.

Yes, but what do you mean by "the same requirements"?

Would the license for the object form need to give a copyright grant in the terms of clause 2(A) (for example)?  



> On 10/4/07, Brendan Scott <lists at opensourcelaw.biz> wrote:
>> Russ Nelson wrote:
>>> Jon Rosenberg (PBM) writes:
>>>  > Microsoft is pleased to submit the Microsoft Public License
>> I don't know what this sentence in the license means:
>> "If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license."
>>
>> How does one determine whether a license "complies with this license"?
>>
>>
>> Brendan
>>
>>
> 
> 





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