Microsoft Public License DFSG compatibility

2022-08-19 Thread Ben Westover
Hello, I was going to package some software that has portions licensed under the Microsoft Public License. Is it copatible with the DFSG? A quick search yielded no results. Below is the full text of the license. Thanks, -- Ben Westover This license governs use of the accompanying software. If yo

Re: Microsoft Public License DFSG compatibility

2022-08-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ben" == Ben Westover writes: Ben> Hello, I was going to package some software that has portions Ben> licensed under the Microsoft Public License. Is it copatible Ben> with the DFSG? A quick search yielded no results. Below is the Ben> full text of the license. If not it's

Re: Microsoft Public License DFSG compatibility

2022-08-25 Thread Sebastian Crane
Dear Ben, The MS-PL is an open source license as approved by the Open Source Initiative: https://opensource.org/licenses/MS-PL Given that fact, as well as my own understanding of the license, I would strongly suspect that this is DFSG-compatible. Please note that I am not yet a DD, though :) Be

Re: Microsoft Public License DFSG compatibility

2022-08-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:42:39 -0400 Ben Westover wrote: > Hello, Hi! > > I was going to package some software that has portions licensed under > the Microsoft Public License. Is it copatible with the DFSG? A quick > search yielded no results. There seems to be an [old thread] about possible int