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	rm42	2011-03-02 , 14:48
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Originally Posted by exo

Actually i missed that, that does rule out GPL-only - same as Apple's app store - GPL licensed software is still very much acceptable so long as it is dual-licensed under a license that conforms to MS' terms but even outside of that your claim about them not allowing open source is wrong.
GPLv3 and LGPLv3 reference app store-like ecosystems so of course they would never be able to exist in the WP7 or iOS markeplace but it seems with this amendment MS has proactively decided they aren't going to provide source distribution (perhaps to avoid the iOS GNU Go debacle) so that does indeed rule out GPL-only, however there is more to open source than the GPL. So no, they haven't banned open source software.

This affects much more than just the GPL. Even some of Microsoft's own open source licenses are excluded.

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireles...pp-store.shtml

Sure there are some licenses that are considered open source that are acceptable to MS, as mentioned on the article above. But, those are not the licenses that most FOSS coders like to use. Just look at all the apps we have on the N900. Most of them are GPLed. Android and Maemo/Meego do allow us to enjoy the wonderful fruits of freedom spirited coders. People who knowingly restrict themselves from this are either ignorant or too imprisoned already by non-free software.

Maybe we should start to use the term copyleft more often to avoid confusion.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html

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