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An open proposal for Microsoft open source certification Link

Datum: 2007-08-03T15:25:34+02:00
Microsoft. Open-Source Certification. This is not an April Fools, apparently. According to various news feeds (this was brought to my attention from PCWorld, but YMMV as these stories are periodic) they will be submitting some of their "shared source" licenses to the OSI. This is genuinely fantastic news, as after years of FUDing us around, they finally admit that Open Source exists, is a good thing, non-cancerous, and something with which they want to get involved. It's also very flattering, because since they're submitting to the OSI it tells us that they acknowledge the term "Open Source" (and by its implication "Free Software") and that its definition is vested and controlled. By someone else.
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"""This is genuinely fantastic news, as after years of FUDing us around, they finally admit that Open Source exists, is a good thing, non-cancerous, and something with which they want to get involved."""

"""Next, get rid of the clause in your limited licenses that require you to run the software on Microsoft Windows. [...] Read section F, the platform Limitation clause, for historical reasons and then drop it like a bad habit."""

"""[...Microsoft,] please understand that including the phrase "For reference use only" does not allow people to use it, only look at it."""

"""Oh, and while I think of it, would you also change the "Ms-" part? It reminds me of a spinster teacher from school who insisted we call her "Ms" instead of "Miss" or "Mrs." Thanks! (I also expect someone to mispronounce it as "misogynist", and that's not an image you want. How about a "G", meaning "Great" or "Good" or even "Gates"? I'd support it more if you did!)"""

"""So now we've removed the clauses that are incompatible with the Open Source definition, amended those that are close (but no cigar), re-written the text so that it scans closer to that of a typical FOSS license, handled the patent issues, changed the prefix from "Ms-" to "G" and we have... the GPL. Or BSD. Or MPL. Or one of the other myriad of licenses that already do the job perfectly well, thank you."""
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