Segundo um artigo do Miguel de Icaza, sim.

A Microsoft não só deixou de ser “perigosa” (segundo o Paul Graham), como parece agora estar a tentar limpar a má reputação, mas talvez seja melhor esperar para ver… :)

In his keynote at OSCON, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf announced that Microsoft is submitting its shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative. This is a huge, long-awaited move. It will be earthshaking for both Microsoft and for the open source community if the licenses are in fact certified as open source licenses. Microsoft has been releasing a lot of software as shared source (nearly 650 projects, according to Bill). If this is suddenly certified as true open source software, it will be a lot harder to draw a bright line between Microsoft and the open source community.