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A licensing agreement from Microsoft for selected customers that allows them to look at certain parts of Microsoft source code. The companies are encouraged to make suggestions, but unlike open source software, in most cases, they are prohibited from making the changes themselves. For more information, visit www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx. See open source.
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Under the terms of the GPL and the LGPL licenses used by the Mono Project, developers can write and distribute commercial and proprietary applications, something that is not possible with the Microsoft shared source license.
Ximian Announces Open Source Initiative to Develop a Linux Platform ... by Business Wire
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