Dear Ben, The MS-PL is an open source license as approved by the Open Source Initiative:
https://opensource.org/licenses/MS-PL Given that fact, as well as my own understanding of the license, I would strongly suspect that this is DFSG-compatible. Please note that I am not yet a DD, though :) Best wishes, Sebastian On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 12:42:39AM -0400, Ben Westover wrote: > Hello, > > I was going to package some software that has portions licensed under > the Microsoft Public License. Is it copatible with the DFSG? A quick > search yielded no results. Below is the full text of the license. > > Thanks, > -- > Ben Westover > > This license governs use of the accompanying software. If you use the > software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do > not use the software. > > 1. Definitions > The terms "reproduce," "reproduction," "derivative works," and > "distribution" have the > same meaning here as under U.S. copyright law. > > A "contribution" is the original software, or any additions or changes > to the software. > > A "contributor" is any person that distributes its contribution under > this license. > > "Licensed patents" are a contributor's patent claims that read directly > on its contribution. > > 2. Grant of Rights > > (A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the > license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants > you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to > reproduce its contribution, prepare derivative works of its > contribution, and distribute its contribution or any derivative works > that you create. > > (B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the > license conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants > you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed > patents to make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or > otherwise dispose of its contribution in the software or derivative > works of the contribution in the software. > > 3. Conditions and Limitations > > (A) No Trademark License- This license does not grant you rights to use > any contributors' name, logo, or trademarks. > > (B) If you bring a patent claim against any contributor over patents > that you claim are infringed by the software, your patent license from > such contributor to the software ends automatically. > > (C) If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all > copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present > in the software. > > (D) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, > you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of > this license with your distribution. 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. > > (E) The software is licensed "as-is." You bear the risk of using it. The > contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You > may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this > license cannot change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, > the contributors exclude the implied warranties of merchantability, > fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.