> 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.
