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WiX Project Lead Interviewed On CPL Licensing

Posted by simoniker on from the give-it-away-now dept.

comforteagle writes "After Microsoft released WiX (Windows Installer XML) under the CPL I found it odd that so many interviews following were with almost everyone but the project lead. So, for your Friday enjoyment I've posted an interview with Rob Mensching, Wix Project lead, who sheds a little light on what's going on behind the scenes at the Shared Source Initiative from the ground." Mensching explains: "My bosses were not involved in the decision which license should be used for the Windows Installer XML toolset. I worked with members of the Shared Source Initiative team who understand the details of the various licenses available to share source code. They listened to my requirements and found that the CPL seemed most appropriate for the toolset."

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  1. German by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next time, ask around to see what a name means in other languages before you choose it for an international project... You don't want to name your project "WiX" in Germany.

    1. Re:German by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Wichsen" is manual stimulation of the male genitals, usually masturbation. If someone introduced you as the "Leiter des WiX projekts", that would mean you are the leader of the masturbation project.

    2. Re:German by neglige · · Score: 5, Funny

      You don't want to name your project "WiX" in Germany

      No, but boy will this be fun (see other posts for translations) :)

      Now, your installation can be "hingewixt" quickly on your "wixed" system. Many people already suspected that everything from MS is "abgewixt". But, best of all, as it is free (as in speech), anybody can "wixen", and everyone can share the "wixe" and knowledge about "wixen".

      Thank you, Microsoft, for making tech-talk on public transit so much more... interesting.

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    3. Re:German by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, it's a social networking service, isn't it?

  2. Re:Microsoft by rking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has Microsoft ever done ANYTHING that /. has approved of?

    Didn't they kill clippy?

  3. Re:Not oracle by CdBee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Orca - you culd have a whale of a time making killer jokes about that

    oh.. wait...

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