Microsoft to license Windows source code
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft today said it would provide the Windows server source code under a reference license, a move the company deemed the "ultimate answer" to meet the European Commission's demand for documentation that would help rivals license communications protocols in the Windows server operating system.
This means that those companies licensing Windows server software under the EC's proposed licensing program would be able to obtain the source code to the Windows server operating system at no additional charge. The idea is to let programmers get more insight into how to build non-Microsoft software to work with Windows.