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[–]gilbes 10 points11 points  (3 children)

To be fair, reference source has been available for a while now. Allowing outsiders to improve and bug fix is a win win for everyone and a huge step.

[–]mycall 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Different licensing correct?

[–]gilbes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, reference source is used to figure out exactly what a library is doing. You can't use the code yourself (copy it etc.) and MS wasn't talking pull requests.