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The author is confusing the codeplex hosting site with the CodePlex foundation. On the hosting site you can use a number of different licenses and no copyright
by javery 17y ago
The author is confusing the codeplex hosting site with the CodePlex foundation. On the hosting site you can use a number of different licenses and no copyright assignment is required.
- halo 17y agoIndeed. Just to reiterate: CodePlex (codeplex.com) is a site launched by Microsoft to host open-source projects under a variety of licenses. CodePlex Foundation (codeplex.org) is a foundation launched by Microsoft. The specifics are somewhat woolly, but I think the core idea is to provide an independent body for companies and contributors to assign their copyright to open-source works to, allowing the largely independent CodePlex Foundation to own it and protect it. I suspect in practice it's going to be the platform for Microsoft to release open-source code while trying to avoid much of the stigma and scaremongering associated with Microsoft doing it themselves.
- eru 17y agoDo you know why Microsoft chooses to engage in open source?
- StrawberryFrog 17y agoWhy projects like http://wpf.codeplex.com/ http://wpf.codeplex.com/ and http://aspnet.codeplex.com/ http://aspnet.codeplex.com/ ? Why wouldn't they? The Developer community does some of the work for MS, and MS gets a bigger and happier developer community.
- eru 17y agoOK, so they have just the usual reasons.