[Python-Dev] MSDN licenses available for python-dev (original) (raw)

Brian Curtin brian.curtin at gmail.com
Fri Apr 16 15:01:54 CEST 2010

Hi python-dev,

The recent threads on builds/installers for Mac and Windows reminded me of Steve Holden's push to get the python-dev team equipped via a connection with the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center. The OSTC team provides Microsoft Developer Network licenses to open source projects to assist them in better supporting Windows.

I've talked with Steve (who passed the task to me) and the Microsoft folks, and they are happy to provide more licenses if needed. If you are interested in getting a copy of MSDN, please contact me off-list. I'll provide you with a code that you'll put into their site, then around a week later you should get your subscription.

The snippet below is taken from prior correspondence with the OSTC team in regards to who can receive the licenses:

""" For the purposes of providing MSDN licenses to an open source development community, I consider anyone who writes, builds, tests or documents software to be a "developer who contributes" to the project. (In fact, having started out as a test engineer, I would take exception to anyone who claimed only people who write code are "developers" :-) We do ask that requests are for people who are active contributors and not just minor/occasional participants. """

If this applies to you and you are interested, let me know.

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