Z:gnu-www-ja-microsoft-new-monopoly--9493fb-Distributing an application un/en

Distributing an application under Microsoft's patent license imposes license terms that prohibit most possible modifications of the software. Lacking freedom 3, the freedom to publish modified versions, it would not be free software. (I think it could not be &ldquo;open source&rdquo; software either, since that definition is similar; but it is not identical, and I cannot speak for the advocates of open source.)