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Shared Source

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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ST s contribution exemplifies the collaborative nature of the Frog shared-source ecosystem, a pre-integrated and pre-validated reference implementation that includes a UI, middleware, drivers, OS, and hardware.

France,Switzerland : STMicroelectronics to Offer Reference Implementation of Frog by Wyplay Middleware for All Its ARM Set-Top-Box SoCs

Frog is an initiative built around Wyplay's software solutions, made available under a shared-source model for a growing community of companies across the entire digital-TV ecosystem which includes chipset vendors, device manufacturers, independent software vendors, software-service providers, and operators.

STMicroelectronics empowers Frog by Wyplay

If the latter is denied, the license is categorized as a shared-source license.

An 'open' debate

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