On Slashdot (where else), I read about Microsoft releasing their CLI
source for mac osx. I was interested in their licensing, so I went to
the site and followed the link to the license. I had heard it was really
short and clear, but I was still amazed to find it to be only one
straight forward page. While reading it, I noticed that "You may use any
information in intangible form that you remember after accessing the
Software." Are they trying to say that you can look at their code and
remember how they implemented something and go implement it yourself? On
the main page, they have this: "What can I do with the Shared Source
CLI? ... - People developing their own CLI implementations will find the
Shared Source CLI an indispensable guide and adjunct to the ECMA
standards." Sound to me like they are trying to get people to play with
their code and make their own stuff based on it. At least, that is how
it seems. I would imagine, they are just trying to keep from scaring
developers off. Any comments?
Quick comment, If only the GPL could be shortened. Even a 20% reduction
would be great.