Was OSI right to let Microsoft licenses in?

I voted "Ok, but I wouldn't use them": I voted "Ok, but I wouldn't use them" because there's already a whole spectrum of open source licenses to choose from(GPL, MIT, BSD, MPL, etc). That's not to say I wouldn't use Ms-PL or Ms-RL licensed software(I kinda like IronPython, for example), but I'd rather pick a more community-established license when releasing my own software.

It's quite possible that they may not gain much traction outside of Microsoft-related projects, so let's just wait and see how they fare.; Posted by: Tony Agudo Posted on: 10/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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To each his/her own, then Tony Agudo | 10/17/07

It was a risky move mannyamador | 10/17/07

They're OK, but... robert.paul@... | 10/17/07

RE: OSI and M$ back_atcha | 10/17/07

OSI and Microsoft Licenses Starbase Commander | 10/21/07

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