> Microsoft is granted back, without any restrictions or limitations, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, assignable and sub-licensable license, to reproduce, publicly perform or display, install, use, modify, post, distribute, make and have made, sell and transfer your modifications to and/or derivative works of the Software source code or data, for any purpose.
The above I can understand. MSFT claims ownership of any modifications you make to its software. Be aware.
> [A]ny feedback about the Software provided by you to us is voluntarily given, and Microsoft shall be free to use the feedback as it sees fit without obligation or restriction of any kind, even if the feedback is designated by you as confidential.
This I don't get. Why would MSFT want to publish confidential feedback?
> That if you breach this MSR-LA or if you sue anyone over patents that you think may apply to or read on the Software or anyone's use of the Software, this MSR-LA (and your license and rights obtained herein) terminate automatically. Upon any such termination, you shall destroy all of your copies of the Software immediately. Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 of this MSR-LA shall survive any termination of this MSR-LA.
This part I certainly understand. "Sue us and you can't use our toys anymore."
> That the patent rights, if any, granted to you in this MSR-LA only apply to the Software, not to any derivative works you make.
This, again, is unsurprising, but good to keep in mind.
The 'confidential feedback' boilerplate language would especially apply to projects with potential security implications. Your 'confidential feedback' might be disclosure of a security vulnerability and they'd want to choose to patch or not patch and publicly divulge or not divulge the vulnerability your feedback reveals.
The feedback thing is probably along the lines of not wanting to have to have internal controls to deal with confidential information in their feedback processing.
> Microsoft is granted back, without any restrictions or limitations, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, assignable and sub-licensable license, to reproduce, publicly perform or display, install, use, modify, post, distribute, make and have made, sell and transfer your modifications to and/or derivative works of the Software source code or data, for any purpose.
The above I can understand. MSFT claims ownership of any modifications you make to its software. Be aware.
> [A]ny feedback about the Software provided by you to us is voluntarily given, and Microsoft shall be free to use the feedback as it sees fit without obligation or restriction of any kind, even if the feedback is designated by you as confidential.
This I don't get. Why would MSFT want to publish confidential feedback?
> That if you breach this MSR-LA or if you sue anyone over patents that you think may apply to or read on the Software or anyone's use of the Software, this MSR-LA (and your license and rights obtained herein) terminate automatically. Upon any such termination, you shall destroy all of your copies of the Software immediately. Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 of this MSR-LA shall survive any termination of this MSR-LA.
This part I certainly understand. "Sue us and you can't use our toys anymore."
> That the patent rights, if any, granted to you in this MSR-LA only apply to the Software, not to any derivative works you make.
This, again, is unsurprising, but good to keep in mind.