NEM rejects Microsoft's offer and chooses to pay to join Azure blockchain platform

Microsoft's commercial competition intentions and determination to enter the emerging field of blockchain are obvious. Azure is a cloud computing infrastructure platform released by Microsoft. A few months ago, Microsoft opened a cloud library for digital currency and blockchain applications. Testers and developers active on the Azure platform and other users around the world can obtain test or application samples from the library to facilitate platform deployment in a containerized manner.

In order to actively cooperate with Microsoft Azure's call for blockchain support, NEM (New Economy Coin) technicians rb2 and Patmast3r worked together to complete the docker container that is perfectly compatible with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and passed the technical evaluation of the Azure platform. NEM core has made efforts to log on to the platform. Then, in the final submission link, Microsoft announced the contract related to the cooperation (the original contract). According to the analysis of NEM's specially hired lawyer, in the contract, in order to facilitate cooperation, the parties need to completely give up the ownership of the software (not equivalent to open source code), which is unacceptable to NEM development and the community.

After careful consideration, NEM Core intends to maintain the autonomy of the NEM project while responding to Microsoft Azure's call to support the blockchain industry. NEM will pay to provide NEM Docker containers as templates to Azure users to provide NEM-based BaaS services, and NEM will continue to cooperate with Microsoft as a Microsoft user. In this model, NEM can avoid any loss of NEM's equity while supporting the development of cloud computing in the blockchain industry together with Microsoft and its partners.

Simply put, NEM will provide NEM containers on the Azure cloud computing platform like other Microsoft partners, and the relevant source code will be provided to Github, but will not be authorized to Microsoft for release and use. Software freedom belongs to the people.

Being harmonious but different is the attitude that a mature solution provider should have. NEM does not think that doing so will lead to the loss of future opportunities, nor will it affect the foundation of NEM's development and openness. Although NEM has successfully completed all preparations for cooperation with Microsoft, it will not accept Microsoft's free Azure access like other blockchain providers, but will choose to provide services to Azure platform users by paying for access, unless Microsoft is willing to give up the software rights clause in the contract.

Original article: http://blog.nem.io/status-on-the-azure-project/
Author: NEM Core
Translation: NEM Chinese Community renolteng.li
Source (translation): Babbitt Information (http://www.8btc.com/nem-azure)