OpenEuphoria

Re: Open Source

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at nt.net> Sep 26, 2006
• 628 views

Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:13:24 -0700, Chris Bensler
> <guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
> 
> >I've had a look at them and I think they are quite good.
> ><a
> >href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx</a>
> 
> Surprisingly short and snappy. The cynic in me wonders if this is a
> ruse, ie non-enforcable - it would be interesting to know whether any
> of these have actually been upheld in court...
> 
> The succinctness of Ms_RL is interesting, in the way it bothers not to
> list any stuff you cannot do. [Ms_RL itself is quite prohibitively
> restrictive, internal and M$ only; the wording is crystal though.]
> Really not what I would have expected from M$ at all.
> 
> Regards,
> Pete
> 
> 

MS uses those EULA's for their shared source programs.
People can get access to the Windows source code for educational or government
purposes. Stuff like that.