Microsoft Rethinks Open Source CodePlex Site | Linux Today

Microsoft Rethinks Open Source CodePlex Site

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2008

“This could mean projects under academic licenses on CodePlex
such as BSD, MIT, and the Apache Software License are listed on an
academic.codeplex.com sub site. Currently, all projects are thrown
into the same main site for potential users to search.

“This got Microsoft in trouble in October when it emerged the
company was posting code to CodePlex using licenses not compatible
with the terms of the Open-Source Initiative (OSI). Microsoft
describes CodePlex as its “open-source project hosting web site”
and points users to a Wikipedia page on OSI licenses.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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