<div>What about using a dual-license (MS-PL _and_ Apache 2.0)? This approach has become fairly popular, and will likely satisfy each consideration.</div>
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<div>-rory<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Antonio Piteira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonio.piteira@wtvision.com">antonio.piteira@wtvision.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I just read the document about Microsoft Public License and I think it is pretty clear...!
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<div>Obviously everybody knows that there is a license, so it doesn't matter if it is Apache or Microsoft just because of the name. Just read the agreement and decide if fits your needs. <br>
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<div>I don't see any problem here.</div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
<div>António Piteira<br>____________________________________________________________<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">2010/4/20 RPEHLM <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpehlm@btinternet.com" target="_blank">rpehlm@btinternet.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Use the MS licence and help build a positive reputation for MS. I get sick and tired of MS being constantly (and unfairly) denigrated, especially when the other lot (not referring to the Linux crowd here) are not playing particularly 'nice' at the moment. I don't care that MS played 'nasty' some time in the past, most big firms do from time to time. BUT the past is the past.<br>
<br>Robin<br>Expat Brit happily living in Germany (paternal grandfather was killed in WW2 by a U-boat near Galvaston [city refused to switch off lights at night]).<br><br>Vernon Cole wrote:<br>
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<div>Yes, a change to a license which did not contain the name "Microsoft" would be a benefit. People have long memories, and Microsoft has a remembered history of not playing well with others. (My own memory goes back 20 years to the WordPerfect war.) I tend to not trust the news from MSNBC simply because of the first two letters in the name. Unfortunately, prejudice runs deep in humans.<br>
Even more unfortunately, Microsoft's policy of refusing to allow patches to IronPython from outside the company reinforces the worry that, even though the playground bully may be acting nice right now, he's still a bully deep down inside. It really interferes with the desired image of MS as a team player. IMHO some corporate Vice President should visit the legal department and slap faces until that policy gets changed. But what do I know? -- I'm just a customer.<br>
For all you in the development team, keep up the good work!<br>--<br>Vernon Cole<br><br></div>
<div>On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Dan Wierenga <<a href="mailto:dwierenga@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwierenga@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dwierenga@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwierenga@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Dino Viehland<br></div>
<div> <<a href="mailto:dinov@microsoft.com" target="_blank">dinov@microsoft.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dinov@microsoft.com" target="_blank">dinov@microsoft.com</a>>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Do you think adopting a more popular license, such as the<br>
Apache License, would be a good change for IronPython?<br><br> My $.02: there aren't a lot of people that are familiar with the MS<br> public licenses compared to the Apache/GPL/BSD/etc licenses. For many<br> of them, the mention of "Microsoft" in the license name immediately<br>
(erroneously, but immediately nonetheless) makes them conclude a<br> project isn't open source.<br><br><br> Adopting a license that people are familiar with will make it easier<br> for them to come to terms with the fact that Microsoft can and does<br>
sponsor open-source projects. And it convinces them from the outset<br> that there isn't some hidden backdoor in the license for Microsoft to<br> exploit.<br> _______________________________________________<br>
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