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.
Simplest solution: MS employees should ask lawyers at their company whether MS-PL is GPL2-compatible or not. didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
