On Sunday 18 February 2007 17:30, William Stein wrote: > Hello, > > Certain kind researchers at Microsoft Rsearch have code they would like to > contribute to SAGE. They are only allowed release it under the Microsoft > Permissive License, which is described here (and linked to): > > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourc >elicenses.mspx > > (1) Is this license GPL compatible? It seems like it might be. It is very > free (much more so than the GPL). What do you think? I couldn't find > anything definitive online... One thing -- this license is very clear > about patent issues, which is comforting.
The FSF Europe praises this license as GPL compatible here. This is obviously not a legal document, but still. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/05/10/19/1635226.shtml > (2) General thoughts? In the back of my non-lawyer head I believe that either the Open Source Initiative or the FSE have some infrastructure in place to help projects like SAGE with these questions. What about the Microsoft lawyers? As they are already involved don't they have a position on if the license is GPL compatible? Martin -- name: Martin Albrecht _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 _www: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~malb _jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
