www/licenses license-list.html

[Brett Smith]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Brett Smith <brett>     08/02/25 15:13:33

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        Add various Microsoft licenses per RMS.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.213&r2=1.214

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.213
retrieving revision 1.214
diff -u -b -r1.213 -r1.214
--- license-list.html   22 Feb 2008 21:13:52 -0000      1.213
+++ license-list.html   25 Feb 2008 15:13:05 -0000      1.214
@@ -281,6 +281,20 @@
 <p>This is a Free Software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.</p></dd>
 
 
+<dt><a id="ms-pl" 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/publiclicense.mspx";>Microsoft
 Public License (Ms-PL)</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of
+    the GNU GPL.  It is incompatible with version 2 of the GNU GPL
+    because of the conditions in sections 3(B) and 3(C).</p>
+
+<p>Please do not use this license for anything you write; there are
+  already well-known free software licenses that serve the same
+  purpose, such as the <a href="#apache2">Apache License version
+  2.0</a>, and we must all stand together to combat license
+  proliferation.  However, there is no reason to avoid using software
+  released under this license.</p></dd>
+
+
 <dt><a id="NCSA"
        href="http://www.otm.uiuc.edu/faculty/forms/opensource.asp";>
     NCSA/University of Illinois Open Source License</a></dt>
@@ -627,6 +641,13 @@
 </p></dd>
 
 
+<dt><a id="ms-rl" 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/reciprocallicense.mspx";>Microsoft
 Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This is a free software license; it has a copyleft that is not
+    strong, but incompatible with the GNU GPL.  We urge you not to use
+    the Ms-RL for this reason.</p></dd>
+
+
 <dt><a id="MPL" href="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html";>
      Mozilla Public License (MPL)</a></dt>
 <dd>
@@ -991,6 +1012,29 @@
 you cannot be sure what permissions you have.</p></dd>
 
 
+<dt><a 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpubliclicense.mspx";>Microsoft
 Limited Public License (Ms-LPL)</a>
+
+<dd><p>This license is non-free because of section 3(F), which
+    requires that any modified software you make from the original
+    code must run on Windows.  The <a href="#ms-pl">Microsoft
+    Public License</a> does not have this restriction.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedreciprocallicense.mspx";>Microsoft
 Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL)</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This license is non-free because of section 3(G), which
+    requires that any modified software you make from the original
+    code must run on Windows.  The <a href="#ms-rl">Microsoft
+    Reciprocal License</a> does not have this restriction.</p></dd>
+
+
+<dt><a 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/referencelicense.mspx";>Microsoft
 Reference License</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This is a non-free license: you are not allowed to modify the
+    software at all, and you are only allowed to share it under very
+    particular circumstances.</p></dd>
+
+
 <dt><a 
href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-files/027/001/901/ShSourceCLIbetaLicense.htm";>
     Microsoft's Shared Source CLI, C#, and Jscript License</a></dt>
 <dd>
@@ -1000,6 +1044,15 @@
 Source&rdquo;, some of which have different restrictions.</p></dd>
 
 
+<dt><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/bb190212.aspx";>Microsoft
+    Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Shared Source License</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>This license is non-free because it places various limitations
+    on the kinds of modifications you can make.  For example, your
+    modified software must run on Wince, and you are required to
+    provide end user support for your software.</p></dd>
+
+
 <dt><a 
href="http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/pdf/NASA_Open_Source_Agreement_1.3.txt";>
     NASA Open Source Agreement</a></dt>
 <dd>
@@ -1423,7 +1476,7 @@
   <p>
     Updated:
     <!-- timestamp start -->
-    $Date: 2008/02/22 21:13:52 $
+    $Date: 2008/02/25 15:13:05 $
     <!-- timestamp end -->
   </p>
 </div>