Re: [DotGNU]Microsoft Shared Source License

[Brandon Bremen]

On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 11:40  PM, Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> The non-commercial version starved for contributors and fell behind.
> What makes you think that this strategy will work for you when
> it didn't work for anyone else?
>
> </editorial-flame-hat-on>

Well put :)
I love the whole one page easy to read license. Can't say the same for 
their EULAs ;) They should take a page from Apple's book and make a 
nearly-but-not-really-free public license. But, then they would have to 
change their name. Speaking of Apple, I got some source code from them 
today. One of their developers wrote an ASCII quicktime viewer. I took a 
look at it and I plan on adding a feature or two just for the fun of it. 
I am very happy Apple is giving so much code out. Now to fix the final 
flaws in the APL..

On another note, I should install the latest cvs. I haven't done so for 
a version or two. /me writes it on the note pad next to him.

And a final note (to Joe): Microsoft always goes after developers. And 
on the flip side, they never even attempt to be popular to their users. 
What a backwards business practice.

Brandon