Microsoft releases source code on SourceForge
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
The Redmond software giant is making its Windows installer technology under OSI's Common Public License. On Monday, Microsoft released some of its code under an open-source license, and posted it on SourceForge, the open-source code repository. To date, Microsoft has made its source code available under a variety of licensing mechanisms, all under its "shared source" umbrella. But until today, the company had not released code under what is commonly considered a true open-source license.