Microsoft Says Open Source Is Nothing without the Source Code

As far as Microsoft is concerned, the availability of the source code and open source solutions are an integral part of the same recipe. The Redmond company proved this point as it pulled down the Sandcastle project from its open source project hosting web site: CodePlex. The move came following complaints indicating that Microsoft Sandcastle available for download via CodePlex under the Ms-PL license did not came completed with the source code, despite the fact that Sandcastle was listed as an open source project.