For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Primary Analyst Photo	Document Information	Rate this Document
	November 13, 2007 OSI License Approval Gives Microsoft More Open Source Credibility by Michael Goulde with Mike Gilpin, David D'Silva

This is an excerpt

Executive Summary

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the recognized guardian of open source license fidelity, accepted two of Microsoft's Shared Source licenses, the Microsoft Public License and the Microsoft Reciprocal License, thereby signaling that the licenses complied with the organization's criteria for meeting open source principles. While Microsoft is not about to release any significant revenue-generating technologies under either of these licenses, having OSI's blessing will break down some barriers that exist between the company and the open source community.

This is an excerpt

Buy Risk-Free

Price: US $199

Our Service Guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied with this document, notify Forrester within 24 hours of purchase for a full refund.

Already a Forrester Client?
Log in to read this document.