Re: [DotGNU]Shared source CLI beta released

[Matthew C. Tedder]

Maybe the FSF could offer an attorney to review this license and determine
what dangers it may hold.  Frankly, I think we have good reason to be
skittish about this.  But you're right, the benefits could be
substantial--if safe.

--Matthew

>Now that the shared source CLI is officially beta [1] :
>
>I was looking over the license [2] and noticed this paragraph:
>
>--
>You may use any information in intangible form that you remember after
>accessing the Software. However, this right does not grant you a license
>to any of Microsoft's copyrights or patents for anything you might
>create using such information.
>--
>
>This seems to imply that merely looking at the software and remembering
>how things work does not stop a person from working on projects like
>mono and dotgnu.
>
>Am I way off base with this assessment?  Any clarification would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert
>
>I posted this message to the mono list as well.
>
>[1]
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/downloads/sample.as
>p?url=/msdn-files/027/001/901/msdncompositedoc.xml
>
>[2]
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-files/027/001/901/ShSourceCLIbetaLicense.
>htm
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