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Indeed. Just to reiterate:

CodePlex (codeplex.com) is a site launched by Microsoft to host open-source projects under a variety of licenses.

CodePlex Foundation (codeplex.org) is a foundation launched by Microsoft. The specifics are somewhat woolly, but I think the core idea is to provide an independent body for companies and contributors to assign their copyright to open-source works to, allowing the largely independent CodePlex Foundation to own it and protect it. I suspect in practice it's going to be the platform for Microsoft to release open-source code while trying to avoid much of the stigma and scaremongering associated with Microsoft doing it themselves.



Do you know why Microsoft chooses to engage in open source?


Why projects like http://wpf.codeplex.com/ and http://aspnet.codeplex.com/ ?

Why wouldn't they? The Developer community does some of the work for MS, and MS gets a bigger and happier developer community.


OK, so they have just the usual reasons.




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