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Why is Microsoft using the Open Specification Promise in conjunction with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License?

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Why is Microsoft using the Open Specification Promise in conjunction with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License?

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The Creative Commons license is a copyright license vehicle for materials such as specifications. The Open Specification Promise provides a separate patent promise to assure a broad audience of developers and customers that the specification could be used for free, easily, now and forever.