Question

1. I’m working on small open source
   project for developed Windows. I
   created new project using Visual
   Studio wizard and now I want to
   publish it using subversion and
   develop it with friends. What
   projects’ configuration files I have
   to add to repository to make my
   friends able to download current
   project’s revision and open it in
   Visual Studio?

   2. List item
      University where I study is a member
      of Microsoft Academy Alliance
      project, which make students able to
      download legal copies of many
      Microsoft’s products. Can I use this
      copy to develop open source project
      and publish created code in
      Internet?

Answer 1

For 1; I would exclude *.user and *.suo files as they are user-specific, and the bin/obj folders as they are build output. Include most everything else; .cs, .csproj, .resx, etc.

For 2, from here:

You may use the software for
non-commercial purposes including
instructional use, research and/or
design, and development and testing of
projects for class assignments, tests,
or personal projects. You may not use
MSDNAA software for any for-profit
software development.

I’m not a lawyer, but as long as you aren’t selling it you should be fine under the “personal projects” caveat.