Re: [Fsf-friends] Microsoft's shared source... a query

Fred> See the programme for Linux Bangalore 2002 (Dec 3-5) at Fred> http://linux-bangalore.org/2002/schedules Fred> Interestingly, Microsoft's Tarun Anand also speaks on Fred> 'Shared Source: Implementation of .NET'. Fred> Just a query, how does this concept of 'shared source' Fred> compare with GNU/Free Software or Open Source licences? Shared source means that you, as a MS customer, get to see the source code of selected Windows operating systems and (perhaps) applications. This is under a non-disclosure agreement, and you are not permitted to change the software or redistribute it. In other words, MS wants the open source benefits that ESR lists in The Cathedral and the Bazaar for its closed-source applications. In the process they also get to thump their chests and shout `Look, we are open!!!' from the treetops. Regards, -- Raju -- Raju Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ It is the mind that moves