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From: Harry George <harry.g.george at boeing.com>
Subject: Re: IronPython 0.7 released!
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Thomas Gagne <tgagne at wide-open-west.com> writes:

> Does the Python community think Microsoft's embrace is a good or bad thing?
> 
> James wrote:
> > http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=ad7acff7-ab1e-4bcb-99c0-57ac5a3a9742
> >

"Please refer to uploaded documentation for full text of the Shared
Source License for IronPython" says it all.

Shared Source is an abomination, complete with the risk of
cross-contaminating true OSS projects.  I wouldn't voluntarily use the
thing and I certainly wouldn't look at the source code.

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