Microsoft bans open source software from the Windows Marketplace(thinq.co.uk)

3 pointsby ghalfacreevor 15 Jahren2 comments

thinq.co.uk

Microsoft bans open source software from the Windows Marketplace

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/2/17/microsoft-bans-open-source-marketplace/

2 comments

chalstvor 15 Jahren

The arty assumes that open source means share-alike, ignoring the existence of open-source licenses like BSD, Apache, &c, which do not contradict article 5.

Wildeboer's blog post, which this story is based on, is discussed at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2226260

lvhvor 15 Jahren

As undoubtedly other people have mentioned: they did not ban all open source. They banned GPLv3 and related licenses. (although it's not mentioned in TFA, I think AGPL also is not allowed. Would make sense, since I can just relicense any code under the AGPL.)