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Open Source License For System.Web.Mvc

First let me begin by assuring you, this is not an April Fool’s joke . Exciting news! Scott Guthrie announced today that we have released the source code for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 under the Ms-PL license , an OSI approved Open Source license with all the rights that license entails. You can download the Ms-PL licensed source package from the download details page here . Just scroll down and look for the file named AspNetMvc1.Ms-PL.source.zip . My baby is growing up! A big thanks must go out to everyone involved in making this happen and to those who approved it. It’s truly a team effort. When I joined Microsoft, I remember walking into ScottGu’s office to try and plant the seed for releasing ASP.NET MVC under the Ms-PL license. I came in armed with...

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is now Open Source MS-PL

The source for ASP.NET MVC has long been available up at http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet . The source has been "Available" so I usually call this "Source Opened" as opposed to "Open Source." ASP.NET MVC has been "Free" as in " Gratis " since it started. That means, "Free like Beer." As ScottGu just blogged about moments ago , today, it's also " Libre " as in "Free like Speech." You can do what you want with the source.  Today, ASP.NET MVC is now Open Source and licensed under MS-PL . That means you can change it, redistribute your changes, even fork it if you want. MS-PL is an OSI-Approved Open Source License and you can read the legalese on their site. "The...

ASP.NET MVC 1.0

Two weeks ago at MIX we released ASP.NET MVC 1.0.  ASP.NET MVC is a free, fully supported, Microsoft product that enables developers to easily build web applications using a model-view-controller pattern.  ASP.NET MVC provides a “closer to the metal” web programming option for ASP.NET.  It enables full control over HTML markup and URL structure, and facilitates unit testing and a test driven development workflow. Releasing the ASP.NET MVC source code under MS-PL I’m excited today to announce that we are also releasing the ASP.NET MVC source code under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL).  MS-PL is an OSI-approved open source license .  The MS-PL contains no platform restrictions and provides broad rights to modify and...