Editing Source-available software (section)

=== Microsoft Shared Source Initiative ===
{{further|Shared Source Initiative#Restricted licenses}}
Microsoft's [[Shared Source Initiative]], launched in May 2001, comprises 5 licenses, 2 of which are [[Open-source license|open-source]] and 3 of which are restricted. The restricted licenses under this scheme are the Microsoft Limited Public License (Ms-LPL),<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedpubliclicense.mspx
|title=Microsoft Limited Public License (Ms-LPL)
|website=[[Microsoft]]
}}</ref> the Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL),<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/limitedreciprocallicense.mspx
|title=Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL)
|website=[[Microsoft]]
}}</ref> and the Microsoft Reference Source License (Ms-RSL).<ref name="reference">{{cite web
| url=http://referencesource.microsoft.com/license.html
| title=Microsoft Reference Source License
| publisher=Microsoft
| date=2016-07-06
| quote=''"Reference use" means use of the software within your company as a reference, in read-only form, for the sole purposes of debugging your products, maintaining your products, or enhancing the interoperability of your products with the software, and specifically excludes the right to distribute the software outside of your company.''
| access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref>