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"An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft
and the sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses
have become so much more confusing. From the article, "The confusion
stems from the fact that Microsoft's 'shared source' program includes
three proprietary licenses as well, whose names are similar in some
ways to the open-source licenses. Thus, while the Microsoft Reciprocal
License has been approved by OSI, the Microsoft Limited Reciprocal
License (Ms-LRL) is not, because it allows users to modify and
redistribute the software only on the Windows platform" and "The
'shared source' program was and is Microsoft's way of fighting the open
source world, allowing customers to inspect Microsoft source code
without giving those customers the right to modify or redistribute the
code. In other words, "shared source" is not open source, and shouldn't
be confused with it.""
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