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Use the GNU GPL 3: Most free software is released under the GNU GPL 2 or 3, which is incompatible with Microsoft's OSP (Open Specification Promise) and the Ms-PL (Microsoft Public License). This is not an accident. Microsoft does not want software written using their technology to spread to other platform. Again, it's vendor lock-in. If Microsoft truly wanted to work with the Open Source community, they should abandon the OSP and the Ms-PL for the GPL, or another OSI certified license.
- ↑ Microsoft Open Specification Promise - Frequently Asked Questions
- ↑ Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File Formats Archived April 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Hypervisor Functional Specification
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