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License Details Hint MS Undecided On Suing Users of Its Open Source Net Runtime 198

ciaran2014 writes With Microsoft proudly declaring its .NET runtime open source, a colleague and I decided to look at the licensing aspects. One part, the MIT licence, is straightforward, but there's also a patent promise. The first two-thirds of the first sentence seems to announce good news about Microsoft not suing people. Then the conditions begin. It seems Microsoft can't yet bring itself to release something as free software without retaining a patent threat to limit how those freedoms can be exercised. Overall, we found 4 Shifty Details About Microsoft's "Open Source" .NET.

Comment Re:Explains a lot. (Score 1) 42

Actually I was referring to the order to implement bureaucracy article from a few days ago, but this is a good point as well. I was watching that launch live when they shut it down at the last moment. I wonder how much an abort like that costs SpaceX and NASA?

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