Open Source Kickstarter Report Card (Updated)

[Richard Gaskin]

Peter W A Wood wrote:

 > After all, it looks to me that you cannot sell GPL licensed software
 > through the Windows App Store....

I couldn't find anything definitive on that.  I did find some older 
articles about Win8 licensing suggesting FOSS was prohibited, but I also 
found this one from 2011 that says the opposite:

    Windows 8 Store will allow open source apps,
    unlike iOS and Mac App Stores
    ...
     The section in question states that apps released under a license
     from the Open Source Initiative (GPL, Apache, etc.) can be
     distributed in the Windows Store. Further, it says that the OSI
     license will trump the Microsoft Standard Application License
     Terms, namely the the restriction on sharing applications.
<http://www.extremetech.com/computing/108551-windows-8-store-will-allow-open-source-apps-unlike-ios-and-mac>

And that was back when Ballmer was still there.  Since Nadella took the 
helm Microsoft has fallen in love with Linux, started moving their dev 
tools to open source, and is partnering with Ubuntu as a key component 
of their Azure cloud platform.  (No, really, it's like hell froze over 
in a flock of flying pigs - the photo here is priceless, something no 
one ever expected for decades: 
<http://news.softpedia.com/news/CEO-Satya-Nadella-Microsoft-Loves-Linux-462754.shtml> 
)

Anyone have a definitive notice on this, preferably one from Microsoft 
themselves?

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
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