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Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties
From: Dirk Bhagat <dirk () HOSTOPIA COM>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:09:43 -0500
It is not well known, but Microsoft has given the source to universities and research labs for some years now. There has been a web page at research.microsoft.com concerning this matter and describing the procedure to get the code. However, I'm not aware that this has led to a significant increase in system security. I don't remember, whether it's allowed for the researchers to talk about the code or about problems with it.
Here's the URL for the source-code licenses Tobias referred to. Although I didn't see any explicit mention of not being able to discuss the code in the open, it _does_ mention that licensees may share code with other licensees, etc. http://research.microsoft.com/programs/NTSrcLicInfo.asp Dirk Bhagat.
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- Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Dan Harkless (Mar 09)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Tobias Haustein (Mar 09)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Crispin Cowan (Mar 11)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Matthew Keller (Mar 12)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Dirk Bhagat (Mar 11)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Dan Harkless (Mar 12)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Crispin Cowan (Mar 11)
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- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Matthew S. Hamrick (Mar 13)
- Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties Tobias Haustein (Mar 09)