I just learned what IANAL means, and indeed I am not a Lawyer, but point 3c of the Microsoft Permissive License appears to directly conflict with the GPL.
--jason On 2/18/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Certain kind researchers at Microsoft Rsearch have code they would like to > contribute to SAGE. They are only allowed release it under the Microsoft > Permissive License, which is described here (and linked to): > > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx > > (1) Is this license GPL compatible? It seems like it might be. It is very > free (much more so than the GPL). What do you think? I couldn't find > anything definitive online... One thing -- this license is very clear about > patent issues, which is comforting. > > (2) General thoughts? > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washington > > > -- Jason Worth Martin Asst. Prof. of Mathematics James Madison University http://www.math.jmu.edu/~martin phone: (+1) 540-568-5101 fax: (+1) 540-568-6857 "Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. There is good rock here." -- Gimli, son of Gloin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
