Microsoft looks to ‘do for data sharing what open source did for code’

Microsoft looks to ‘do for data sharing what open source did for code’

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<p>Microsoft is working to standardize data-sharing terms via pre-designed licensing agreements, the first of which now are available for preview and comment. Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Chief IP Counsel Erich Andersen said that Microsoft is trying to bring open-source-license-like structure to data-sharing agreements. The&nbsp;<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OSI maintains a number of pre-approved licenses</a>, such as the Apache License, BSD License, MIT License, etc., which companies can use to license their source code. Microsoft officials said they believe these kinds of agreements could alleviate the need of companies to spend months or years negotiating and creating data-sharing governance agreements. Source: <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-looks-to-do-for-data-sharing-what-open-source-did-for-code/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZDNet</a></p>
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