Microsoft releases first open source project with externally-created license

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Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source

Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
Redmond works to make its anti-spam proposal more palatable for the open source community, but much remains unclear.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.

Open source license help needed

Open source license help needed 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Every now and then, I get an e-mail asking me to clarify the license associated with code that I've posted on this site, such as my date parsing script. I'm looking for an open source license that I can start slapping on things to ensure people that they can use it for whatever they want, but wading through the list of licenses is no fun at all. Here are the features I'm looking for:

• Minimal boiler-plate. I don't want to have to copy and paste dozens of lines of legalese in to a 30 line long example script; my ideal license would allow me to "link it in" in a single line ("(c) Simon Willison 2004, released under [X] license").
• Allows commercial use. I don't care if people make money off something I've published here.
• Encourages attribution. I don't want people feeling they have to credit me if they reuse five lines of Python I posted as an example somewhere, but I'm not averse to getting credited for more substantial contributions. I don't want to make attribution a requirement though as I'd rather people used my code and failed to attribute me than didn't use it at all.
• Is compatible with other licenses. I often get asked if people can include my code in other open source projects - whatever license I use needs not to get in the way of other people's licensing aims for their own projects.

I'm tempted to just slap a note saying "this code is in the public domain" on everything and have done, but I'm not sure if there are unpleasant side effects to doing so. The only thing I want to avoid is people explicitly claiming my work as their own.

Official nod for Sun open-source license

Official nod for Sun open-source license 01/04/2005 08:57 PM
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.

Choosing an open source license

Choosing an open source license 07/26/2004 04:04 AM
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) lists more than 50 approved open source licenses. Each license is anywhere from slightly to vastly unlike its neighbors. All of them are written for lawyers, not mere mortal software developers. So how do you choose the most sensible an open source license for your projects?

Sun criticizes popular open-source
license

Sun criticizes popular open-source
license 04/05/2005 07:29 PM
Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL.

Intel to stop using open-source license

Intel to stop using open-source license 03/31/2005 12:14 PM
The chipmaker says it will discontinue an open-source license used to govern some of its software.

Intel Dropping its Open Source License

Intel Dropping its Open Source License 04/01/2005 08:32 PM
Linux Magazine Apr 2 2005 12:02AM GMT

SpamAssassin sports new open-source
license

SpamAssassin sports new open-source
license 09/22/2004 09:01 PM
Open-source spam blocker gets legal makeover with switch to Apache license. Oh, and tech upgrades.

SpamAssassin switches to Apache open
source license

SpamAssassin switches to Apache open
source license 09/23/2004 11:10 AM
ZDNet Sep 23 2004 1:37PM GMT

France lends support to new open-source
license

France lends support to new open-source
license 07/09/2004 11:55 AM
PARIS - Researchers at three French government-funded research organizations this week revealed something they hope will increase the spread of free, open source software in the country: a new license they say is compatible with the Free Software Foundation Inc.'s GNU General Public License (GPL).

License issues lining up for Linux, open
source

License issues lining up for Linux, open
source 02/05/2005 09:48 PM
As if the largest software company in the world as an opponent was not enough, the Linux and open source software industry is facing some of its biggest challenges in containing the proliferation of its own licenses and updating a 15-year-old GPL. Both hurdles were roundly discussed during sessions at the recent OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit, but there appeared to be no easy answers nor easy solutions to either licensing issue.

Sun license nears official "open-source"
status

Sun license nears official "open-source"
status 01/04/2005 08:25 PM
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.

Intel withdraws open source license,
receives applause

Intel withdraws open source license,
receives applause 03/29/2005 05:30 PM
In a message posted to the OSI license-discuss email list on March 29, Intel attorney McCoy Smith wrote, "Intel has been studying internally the issue of license proliferation. One step Intel would like to take to reduce license proliferation (both internally, and externally, to Intel) is to have the "Intel Open Source License" (aka "BSD License with Export Notice") removed from future use as an approved OSI open source license."

Intel Strikes a Blow for Open-Source
License Sanity

Intel Strikes a Blow for Open-Source
License Sanity 04/02/2005 09:20 AM
eWeek Apr 2 2005 12:25PM GMT

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services 02/01/2005 08:57 PM
The new Software Freedom Law Center—seeded by funding from the Open Source Development Labs$#151;will offer asset stewardship, licensing, license defense and litigation support, legal support, and lawyer training.

One small step for the OSI board, one
giant leap for open source license kind

One small step for the OSI board, one
giant leap for open source license kind 04/04/2005 11:35 AM
ZDNet Apr 4 2005 3:24PM GMT

MVP Open Source Project

MVP Open Source Project 03/21/2003 09:13 AM
Documento original sobre el proyecto de Servidor de procesos

Navy R&D project looks to open-source
use

Navy R&D project looks to open-source
use 03/25/2005 06:53 PM
For the second time in five years the U.S. Navy is looking to increase its use of open-source software through a research and development program with the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) and a growing group of IT vendors.

Open-source project to offer Mac OS on
PCs

Open-source project to offer Mac OS on
PCs 05/20/2004 08:29 AM
A team of open-source developers has released software which emulates the PowerPC processor architecture and enables users to run Mac OS and some Unix OSes on PCs powered by Intel Corp. x86-architecture processors.

Cafeterra : an Open Source EAI project

Cafeterra : an Open Source EAI project 07/03/2004 02:21 AM
Cafeterra 2.2.0 released

Clou! Open Source Project

Clou! Open Source Project 12/03/2003 09:43 PM
Keyboard handling fixed

Getting good PR for your open source
project

Getting good PR for your open source
project 04/20/2004 12:45 PM
I get asked this question at least once a week: "How do I get my open source project onto your radar screen?" The question is often accompanied by a lament about how such-and-such project gets endless press while the questioner's equally valuable one gets ignored. Public relations is where volunteer-run open source projects usually fall down hardest, even worse than documentation, so here's a little primer on how to get the media to write nice things about what you're doing. There will be an IRC discussion about promoting your open source project Saturday, April 24, at 2000 UTC. IRC server = events.oftc.net, #promo.

Mambo Open Source Project

Mambo Open Source Project 12/08/2003 07:16 PM
Mambo Open Source 4.5 Release Candidate 1 available

Open Source Search Clustering Project

Open Source Search Clustering Project 06/05/2005 11:20 PM
I've been writing a lot about various clustering projects, so the folks at Carrot Search thought they better hip me to what they're doing. They're an open source clustering project...

Novell delays open source project

Novell delays open source project 11/18/2003 10:14 PM
ZDNet Australia Nov 18 2003 9:47PM ET

Project to Boost Open Source Efficiency

Project to Boost Open Source Efficiency 12/22/2004 01:12 AM
Although open source software may be gaining in popularity, more projects mean a steady rise in complex managerial challenges. With efficiency as its driving goal, a consortium of European research institutions and open source software companies have paired up to manage the complexity of large scale, modular projects by establishing a program called EDOS.

nosleep software open source project

nosleep software open source project 12/21/2003 12:04 PM
Winter Update

IBM donates code to open-source project

IBM donates code to open-source project 11/18/2003 07:47 PM
ZDNet Nov 18 2003 6:49PM ET

Virtual Access Open Source Project

Virtual Access Open Source Project 11/02/2003 10:52 AM
VA - Alpha Binaries v6.0.0.6

FreeBSD, Stealthy Open Source Project

FreeBSD, Stealthy Open Source Project 06/14/2004 08:22 AM

Oracle warms to Eclipse with open-source
project

Oracle warms to Eclipse with open-source
project 04/14/2005 04:16 AM
CNET Asia Apr 14 2005 8:51AM GMT

Novell launches test of open-source
project

Novell launches test of open-source
project 05/06/2004 11:26 AM
The company unveils a test release of Mono, an open-source version of Microsoft's .Net programming framework and tools that's designed for Linux and Unix.

FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source
Project

FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source
Project 06/11/2004 07:35 PM
Is FreeBSD, that other Unix-like open source operating system, on the comeback trail?

Eclipse Loads Open Source Technology
Project

Eclipse Loads Open Source Technology
Project 09/03/2002 11:37 AM
The IBM-led software group creates a new venture to bolster open-source computing.

Carbon Project Releases Free .Net
Toolkit for Open Geospatial Development

Carbon Project Releases Free .Net
Toolkit for Open Geospatial Development 02/01/2005 09:17 PM
The Carbon Project has announced it is providing a free development toolkit, CarbonTools 2, which will allow thousands of software developers to use Microsoft .NET technology to easily develop interoperable geospatial solutions and access hundreds of online geospatial resources. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Open Source Firm Releases Patch for IE
Bug

Open Source Firm Releases Patch for IE
Bug 12/18/2003 09:53 PM
An anonymous reader writes "An open source and freeware software development web site has released a patch to fix the URL spoofing vulnerability in Internet ...

New Eclipse Project to Develop
Open-Source Testing Platform

New Eclipse Project to Develop
Open-Source Testing Platform 07/14/2004 10:24 AM
The Eclipse Foundation plans to announce a new project to foster open-source collaboration in testing and other areas.

BEA's Project Beehive to Open-Source
Workshop Framework

BEA's Project Beehive to Open-Source
Workshop Framework 05/19/2004 08:48 PM
Officials say the move will help make the company's tools framework a standard in the enterprise Java space, while also speeding the adoption of service-oriented architectures.
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