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microsoft.com:
Shared Source Licenses  —  On This Page  —  Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL)  —  Overview  —  Over the past 5 years, more than 80 technologies have been made available through Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative.  Additionally, more than 600 non-Microsoft technologies have been released under a Shared Source license.
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Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Slashes Shared Source Licenses  —  Microsoft Corp. is slashing the number of licenses it will use for its Shared Source Initiative from now on, while at the same time radically shortening and simplifying the text of those licenses.  —  The move, which will be announced …
Jasonmatusow / Matusow's Blog:
Shared Source Licensing  —  Open source licenses are source code licenses.  Shared Source licenses are source code licenses.  Shareware licenses are (at times) source code licenses.  And what is a source code license?  It is a way for a software creator to place usage terms on their property.
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
New Source Licenses from Microsoft  —  While many people see Microsoft as the "enemy" of open source, Microsoft has in fact been busy learning from open source, and has released source code for more than eighty Microsoft projects under a "shared source" license.
Discussion: Joi Ito's Web
Annalee Newitz / Wired News:
DVD Jon Lands Dream Job Stateside  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Jon Lech Johansen, the 21-year-old Norwegian media hacker nicknamed DVD Jon, is moving to San Diego to work for maverick tech entrepreneur Michael Robertson in what can only be described as the most portentous team-up since Butch met Sundance.
Discussion: Techdirt, Neowin.net and Download Squad
Jon Ann Steinmetz / siliconvalley.com:
Google Earth digs deeper  —  MAP SERVICE IN TALKS WITH COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DATA FIRM  —  Commercial real estate's largest data provider is working with Google to integrate its vast stores of building information with the Google Earth interactive satellite mapping service.
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John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
What's next, Google Landlord?
Anita Campbell / Small Business Trends:
What Would You Ask Richard Branson?  —  This evening (Tuesday, October 18, 2005) I will be hearing Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Airlines, speak at the American Express Open "Adventures" Conference.  —  I've been hired to be part of an online blogging event about the Conference.
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Ten RSS Hacks  —  Here, for no reason at all, are 10 RSS power user tips that you can use to enhance your life.  Some of these you might already know, others you may not.  —  1) Build Feeds for Your Favorite Writers  —  Wouldn't it be great to have a feed for your favorite columnist or journalist?
Daniel Fisher / Forbes:
Does Open-Source Software Make The FCC Irrelevant?  —  NEW YORK - Columbia Law School Professor Eben Moglen wants to destroy the Federal Communications Commission.  Not as some kind of terrorist act, but because technology is rapidly making it irrelevant.  —  The agency might have made sense …
Discussion: JD on MX and IP Democracy
David Beisel / Genuine VC:
Seven Questions Employees Should Ask Before Joining a Startup  —  In continuing what is turning out to be my "list of sevens" series (see also: Seven Reasons To Become a Founding Entrepreneur and Seven Founding Sins), I wanted to list seven questions which prospective employees that should ask before joining a startup.
Discussion: Software Only and A VC
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Yahoo Reports Revenue Gains Bolstered by Online Ads  —  Yahoo reported yesterday that it had brisk growth in its third-quarter revenue from online advertising and fees from its broadening relations with providers of high-speed Internet service.  —  But Yahoo's performance …
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
Apple pro announcements poised for release  —  October 18, 2005 - Apple will unveil its "latest pro innovations" Wednedsay in New York on the eve of the PhotoPlus Expo, where the company plans demonstrate its new offerings as the largest exhibitor at the tradeshow.
Mike / Techdirt:
Built To Flip As Your Resume?  —  With so much buzz going on around the idea of a new bubble, some people are trying to figure out what it all means, and how it will shake out.  While some VCs are distancing themselves from the situation by claiming this time it's an entrepreneur-created bubble instead …
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
McDonald's Dips Toe In Blogging Waters  —  While the McDonald's Corporation has not jumped headfirst into blogging, it certainly is further along the path of acceptance than many companies of its size.  —  Last week, the company began an internal program that introduced corporate blogs …
Tim Weber / BBC:
Google drops Gmail address in UK  —  Gmail, the free e-mail service run by internet search giant Google, will change its name for new UK users.  —  Following a trademark dispute the mail account will be renamed Google Mail.  —  London-based Independent International Investment Research …
Discussion: Neowin.net and The PC Doctor

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