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Does ASL License complies with MS-Pl license?

I would like to redistribute a compiled version of Yahoo! UI Library: YUI Compressor for .Net (http://yuicompressor.codeplex.com), that according to the web site is licensed under MS-Pl (http://yuicompressor.codeplex.com/license). The project I work in is release under the terms of Apache Software Foundation License 2.0.

According to the MS-Pl license "If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license." , the term complies is not very clear!

Does ASL License complies with MS-Pl license?

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Please don't rely on random people from the internet for legal advice. If there is any commercial issue here, you need to ask a qualified lawyer.

JR  2009-08-18 03:42:45
This should be a comment not an answer. And he is not asking random people for advice. He is asking if anyone can clarify and (hopefully) provide a citation.
Simon  2009-08-20 00:31:59
@Simon: Uh, yeah. So you would bet your company on a citation that a random "anyone [that] can clarify" provides? That is VERY BAD ADVICE. John, you need to ask a lawyer.
JR  2009-08-20 16:39:48
I'm interested to know the answer and it's only a yes or no answer. It should be a fairly common scenario right?
seanlinmt  2009-08-28 08:28:27
+1  A: 

According to http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html MS-Pl may be included within Apache License 2.

John Simons  2010-05-22 07:52:31

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