Washington ? Microsoft Corp. has made substantial revisions to the way it licenses Windows server software following a Justice Department request under the company’s antitrust settlement, officials said Monday.

Government lawyers filed papers Monday in federal court stating that Microsoft also has agreed to eliminate a nondisclosure agreement covering the terms of these licenses it had previously imposed.

The revised licenses are expected to be available for public review on the Microsoft Internet site “within the next several days,” a Justice Department statement said.

The licenses involve software protocols that allow nonMicrosoft servers to communicate or interoperate with Windows’ popular 2000 Professional, Windows XP and successor desktop software, according to a company statement. The protocols were available to others in the industry for payment of a royalty beginning last Aug. 6.