Editing IronPython (section)

== License ==
Until version 0.6, IronPython was released under the terms of [[Common Public License]].<ref name=license-orig>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ironpython.com/old.html 
 |title=Original IronPython homepage 
 |date=2004-07-28 
 |access-date=2007-05-13 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223101738/http://www.ironpython.com/old.html 
 |archive-date=February 23, 2010 
}}</ref> Following recruitment of the project lead in August 2004, IronPython was made available as part of Microsoft's [[Shared Source]] initiative. This license is not [[Open Source Initiative|OSI]]-approved but the authors claim it meets the open-source definition.<ref name=license>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Project/License.aspx?LicenseHistoryId=129
 | title = Shared Source License for IronPython
 | date = 2006-04-28
 | access-date = 2007-05-13
}}</ref> With the 2.0 alpha release, the license was changed to the [[Microsoft Public License]],<ref name=license-mspl>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/Project/License.aspx?LicenseHistoryId=2866
 | title = Microsoft permissive license
 | date = 2007-04-28
 | access-date = 2007-05-13
}}</ref> which the OSI has approved. The latest versions are released under the terms of the [[Apache License 2.0]].