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Shared Source Initiative: Overview, Free and open-source licenses & Criticism

The Shared Source Initiative (SSI) is a source-available software licensing scheme launched by Microsoft in May 2001. The program includes a spectrum of technologies and licenses, and most of its source code offerings are available for download after eligibility criteria are met.

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Shared Source Initiative topic overview

The analysis highlights Overview, Free and open-source licenses and Criticism as prominent areas in the source structure around Shared Source Initiative.

Related topics
32
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
35
Extracted relationships
29
Related term clusters
22
Bridge connections
35

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 22 topics
Free and open-source licenses · 8 topics
Criticism · 2 topics

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Shared Source Initiative

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Free and open-source licenses

Criticism

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Shared Source Initiative connects Entity context

The extracted context around Shared Source Initiative shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Shared Source Initiative → Dell, Free Software Foundation, HP, IBVs, IHVs, ISVs, Microsoft, Microsoft Public License, Microsoft Reciprocal License, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft's, Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative, Nokia, OBMs, ODMs, OEMs, Open Source Initiative, Two Another extracted example is Shared Source Initiative → FSF, Michael Tiemann, Microsoft, Open Source, OSI, Shared Source, The Shared Source Initiative, Two. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Shared Source Initiative

Top relations

related to overview · 18
Shared Source Initiative → Dell, Free Software Foundation, HP, IBVs, IHVs, ISVs, Microsoft, Microsoft Public License, Microsoft Reciprocal License, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft's, Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative, Nokia, OBMs, ODMs, OEMs, Open Source Initiative, Two
related to Criticism · 8
Shared Source Initiative → FSF, Michael Tiemann, Microsoft, Open Source, OSI, Shared Source, The Shared Source Initiative, Two

Important terminology

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Important terminology

source microsoft license software free licenses open initiative code shared osi ms-pl ms-rl foundation open-source public also windows reciprocal source-available

Shared Source Initiative relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around Shared Source Initiative. Examples in this analysis include RISC OS Open Ltd.Microsoft also uses specific licenses for some of their products → instance of → and thus allow the copyright holder to retain tighter control over the use of their product.Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies and Shared Source Initiative → related to Criticism → Two. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RISC OS Open Ltd.Microsoft also uses specific licenses for some of their productsinstance ofand thus allow the copyright holder to retain tighter control over the use of their product.Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies0.80text
such as the Shared Source CLI Licenseinstance ofand thus allow the copyright holder to retain tighter control over the use of their product.Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies0.80text
the Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Shared Source Licenseinstance ofand thus allow the copyright holder to retain tighter control over the use of their product.Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies0.80text
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismTwo0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismFSF0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismOSI0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismMichael Tiemann0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismShared Source0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismMicrosoft0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismOpen Source0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to CriticismThe Shared Source Initiative0.60section
Shared Source Initiativerelated to overviewMicrosoft's Shared Source Initiative0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Shared Source Initiative bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Source, Licenses and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Shared Source Initiative
    • Source
    • Licenses
    • Also
    • Initiative
    • Shared
    • Code
    • Microsoft
    • Microsoft's
    • Ms-pl
    • Osi
    • Foundation
    • Ms-rl
  • shared source initiative
    • Open
    • Source
    • Open-source
    • Public
    • Licenses
    • License
    • Free
    • Source-available
    • Software
    • Also
    • Initiative
    • Shared
  • source-available software
    • Free
    • Foundation
    • Open
    • License
    • Source
    • Open-source
    • Licenses
    • Considered
    • Restriction
    • Source-available
    • According
    • Using
  • software license
    • Free
    • Foundation
    • Microsoft
    • Open
    • License
    • Software
    • Source
    • Open-source
    • Public
    • Licenses
    • Ms-rl
    • Considered
  • microsoft
    • License
    • Source
    • Public
    • Licenses
    • Osi
    • Shared
    • Code
    • Reciprocal
    • Ms-rl
    • Software
    • Allows
    • Approval
  • independent software vendor
    • Free
    • Foundation
    • Open
    • License
    • Source
    • Open-source
    • Licenses
    • Considered
    • Restriction
    • Source-available
    • According
    • Public
  • microsoft windows
    • License
    • Source
    • Restriction
    • Also
    • Public
    • Licenses
    • Osi
    • Shared
    • Code
    • Reciprocal
    • Software
    • Ms-rl
  • microsoft public license
    • License
    • Microsoft
    • Software
    • Source
    • Reciprocal
    • Public
    • Licenses
    • Open
    • Ms-rl
    • Osi
    • Shared
    • Code

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Shared Source Initiative, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shared Source Initiative with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Shared Source Initiative — Overview · splits 13 ⟂ 23
Shared Source Initiative — Free and open-source licenses · splits 27 ⟂ 9
Shared Source Initiative — Criticism · splits 33 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Shared Source Initiative

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples29
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Shared Source Initiative to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Overview, Free and open-source licenses & Criticism, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Shared Source Initiative · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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