We'll delay enforcement of that policy until we clarify the intent "Sardo had previously revealed that Microsoft was in limbo in a Tweet dated July 8 2022:"On June 16, we shared a policy aimed to protect customers from misleading listings,in effect from July 16.In listening to dev community,we got feedback it could be perceived differently than intended. We heard your feedback, and today we made a change to policy 10ħ and 11.2 (opens in new tab)," he said."To clarify our intent, we removed the previous mention to open source pricing.We're committed to building an open Store and enabling dev choice and flexibility. The change follows a recent report that the company was set to delay the introduction of new rules that would ban open source software on the Microsoft Store, which had initially been planned for this week.But following significant protests, the move now appears to have been cancelled for good.Microsoft Store policy changesMicrosoft Store General Manager Giorgio Sardo took to Twitter (opens in new tab) to announce the company's decision to backtrack."Last month, we shared a few updates to Microsoft Store policies to help protect customers from misleading product listings. Microsoft reverses ban on open source software sales TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience.When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here's why you can trust us.Microsoft reverses ban on open source software sales By Craig Hale published 20 July 2022 Microsoft backtracks on decision to block open source software in its app store (Image credit: Microsoft) Audio player loading… Microsoft has done an about-turn on its decision to ban the sale of open source software in its app store following uproar from the developer community.
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