Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

Microsoft recently released the MVC Framework under the MS-PL.  Oh sure, another software license…just what we need you might say.  I’m no lawyer but it surely looks like a simple, easy to understand licence to me.

Here’s ScottGu’s announcement:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/04/01/asp-net-mvc-1-0.aspx

Here’s the license:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html

Here’s Joey DeVilla no nonsense take on it:
http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/04/03/microsofts-open-source-license-ms-pl-short-sweet-and-simple/

ScottHa:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MicrosoftASPNETMVC10IsNowOpenSourceMSPL.aspx

Here are the GNU and LGNU licenses:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

Here’s a discussion on SlashDot about the MS-PL:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/02/1845214