The company's lawyers have joined its campaign against open-source software, restricting how developers may use what it terms "viral software" in connection with Microsoft tools. Stephen Shankland ...

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The software giant last week released its .Net framework library under a Microsoft Reference License, which means the code can be viewed but not modified or redistributed. Open source consultant and ...

The recapitalization gives OpenAI freedom to partner with competitors and release open-weight models, even as both firms face ...