Microsoft submits two open licenses for review, what's it mean?

by Grant Robertson Jul 31st 2007

Microsoft recently submitted two open source compatible licenses to the OSI for review which, if approved, could lend some credibility to Microsoft's tiny internal open movement. For a company that has long opposed open source in almost all of its forms, what does this mean and, where are the Redmond kids headed?

The BBC weighs in with commentary from columnist Bill Thompson, "Those who see only the machinations of a corporation intent on damaging free and open source software will therefore imagine this latest move as part of a complex game of corporate chess." Thompson believes that a Microsoft open license, approved by the OSI could shift the way we think about open source.

Tending to be on the side of the argument which believes everything is a chess game, we're skeptical.

Tags: microsoft, open source, OpenSource

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mark said 10:28PM on 7-31-2007

You also tend to be the "let's skewer Microsoft and roast 'em over a slow fire" blog, so excuse me if I'm skeptical of your journalism.

sean said 1:06PM on 8-01-2007

well said.

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