Microsoft Public License in commercial Silverlight application?

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Microsoft Public License in commercial Silverlight application?

I'm developing a commercial silverlight application using some third party libraries that are published under Microsoft Public License (MPL).

I have to include the license text into my product which is somewhat strange in an silverlight application. In a normal desktop application I would just include the license als a .txt but I've no idea how to do it in silverlight without including in in an about dialog or something similar.

Are there any other issues involved which I missed?

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The line which you are alluding to

(D) If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with your distribution. 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.

seems to indicate that you would only need to distribute the complete text with the source code.

Funroll Loops 2010-05-10 22:45:38

Correct - for binaries there is no need to actually throw that text in there anywhere. (I am not a lawyer though!) Some devices and apps, like the iPhone, if you navigate deep enough into the About section, you'll find page after page of license text for open source products and code - so you could also consider offering that experience if you pull from many different libraries.

Jeff Wilcox 2010-05-11 00:17:20

Thanks for your feedback. I'll discuss that issue with my co-workers to find a good place to give credit to the library developers.

badra 2010-05-11 01:34:57

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