Windows Store Makes a Special Allowance for Open Source

Microsoft has caused plenty of angst among fans of open source software over the years--just recently with its secure boot plans for Windows 8, for example--but this week it appears to have delivered a small gift instead.

Rather than banning apps with licenses incompatible with its own, the way Apple has--the GNU General Public License being a prime example--Microsoft has apparently chosen instead to make a special provision for open source software in its upcoming new Windows Store, a report on The H has revealed...