eWeek has the news that a Microsoft official has said that the company may open part of the Passport source code -- within limits, of course.

Speaking at a conference on digital identity in Denver, Microsoft CTO Craig Mundie said the company will make the source code of its Passport Manager available to licensed companies, academics, developers and governments as part of its Shared Source Initiative. Passport Manager is a small piece of code that runs on a Web site that is affiliated with the Passport network and manages communications and integration with the service.

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