Government Source Licensing Program
Last Updated: March 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensing/government.mspx

Overview
The Government Source Licensing Program (GSLP) provides a government organization access to Microsoft� Windows� source code for the purposes of development and support of internally deployed applications and products that run on Windows. This program is based upon the Enterprise Source Licensing program (ESLP) but is designed to deal with the licensing differences between private and public organizations.
Benefits
Access to Microsoft source code through the GSLP benefits government organizations by:

Providing insight and a deeper understanding of Windows.

Facilitating security and privacy audits and maintenance of customer's computing environment.

Enhancing performance tuning that allows customers to adjust and optimize their own systems and related applications.

Enhancing the pre-deployment engineering process for enterprise environments.

Improving internal support and troubleshooting capabilities of deployed Windows systems.

Improving the feedback mechanisms that ultimately contribute to the development of better Microsoft customer solutions and tools for the future.

Program Details
The GSLP provides a mechanism for delivering source code for the most current versions, beta releases, and service packs of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
Products Included:
Personal, Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter versions.

Both x86 and IA64 builds for Windows XP.

Service packs and beta releases.

Use and Restrictions:
Licensees may read and reference the source code but may not modify it.

Licensees may debug their internal applications that run on top of Windows, using Windows debugging tools to make calls into the Windows source code.

The license term is one year.

Eligibility Requirements:
Access the source code in an eligible country, subject to United States Government Export Restrictions.

Demonstrate the existence of an internal IT environment with policies and procedures to protect the confidentiality of the source code.

Sign the Master Source Code Agreement and License Form.

Fulfillment:
Once both parties sign a licensing agreement, the licensee will gain access to the code through the MSDN� Code Center Premium secure Web site.

All source code updates are provided by Microsoft through MSDN Code Center Premium.

MSDN Code Center Premium offers secure search, view and just-in-time (JIT) debugging functionality to augment the efficiency and value of source access.

Customer Commitment
In exchange for obtaining access to one of Microsoft's most valuable assets, Microsoft requests that enterprise customers respect our intellectual property and treat that intellectual property confidentially.

- posted by sankarshan @ 3/20/2003 07:17:00 PM