Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > comp.misc > #5620 > unrolled thread

Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework

Started byRS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
First post2014-11-12 23:50 +0000
Last post2014-11-13 22:28 -0500
Articles 5 — 3 participants

Back to article view | Back to comp.misc


Contents

  Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-12 23:50 +0000
    Re: Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-13 16:19 -0800
      Re: Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework David Solimano <david@solimano.org> - 2014-11-13 19:56 -0500
        Re: Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-13 16:58 -0800
          Re: Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework David Solimano <david@solimano.org> - 2014-11-13 22:28 -0500

#5620 — Microsoft is open sourcing .NET framework

FromRS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Date2014-11-12 23:50 +0000
SubjectMicrosoft is open sourcing .NET framework
Message-ID<m40rnv$kdo$1@solani.org>
http://osnews.com/story/28055/Microsoft_is_open_sourcing_NET_framework
-- 

[toc] | [next] | [standalone]


#5625

FromOregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
Date2014-11-13 16:19 -0800
Message-ID<m43hpm$jn7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#5620
On 2014-11-12 23:50:17 +0000, RS Wood said:

> http://osnews.com/story/28055/Microsoft_is_open_sourcing_NET_framework

"Open Source" with a "Patent Promise," sounds really great coming from 
a company that is built on lies and has been busted as recently as THIS 
YEAR for deceiving its shareholders.

I'll take notice when they release .NET as Free Software, ideally under 
the BSD license.  Until then it's just a poison pill.

[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]


#5627

FromDavid Solimano <david@solimano.org>
Date2014-11-13 19:56 -0500
Message-ID<6gka6ah07ocod2466n3fatfpd2etjtl9t2@4ax.com>
In reply to#5625
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:19:13 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex
<bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 2014-11-12 23:50:17 +0000, RS Wood said:
>
>> http://osnews.com/story/28055/Microsoft_is_open_sourcing_NET_framework
>
>"Open Source" with a "Patent Promise," sounds really great coming from 
>a company that is built on lies and has been busted as recently as THIS 
>YEAR for deceiving its shareholders.
>
>I'll take notice when they release .NET as Free Software, ideally under 
>the BSD license.  Until then it's just a poison pill.

It's actually released under an MIT license, or the X11 license as you
might say

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/LICENSE
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License

I'm actually impressed.

-- 
David Solimano
david@solimano.org

[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]


#5628

FromOregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
Date2014-11-13 16:58 -0800
Message-ID<m43k42$q45$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#5627
On 2014-11-14 00:56:15 +0000, David Solimano said:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:19:13 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex
> <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-11-12 23:50:17 +0000, RS Wood said:
>> 
>>> http://osnews.com/story/28055/Microsoft_is_open_sourcing_NET_framework
>> 
>> "Open Source" with a "Patent Promise," sounds really great coming from
>> a company that is built on lies and has been busted as recently as THIS
>> YEAR for deceiving its shareholders.
>> 
>> I'll take notice when they release .NET as Free Software, ideally under
>> the BSD license.  Until then it's just a poison pill.
> 
> It's actually released under an MIT license, or the X11 license as you
> might say
> 
> https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/LICENSE
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License
> 
> I'm actually impressed.

Wow, because Microsoft has so relentlessly been anti-Free-Software I 
didn't even bother to check the license.  Amazing!  Still the patent 
issue looms.  I suppose the only way I wouldn't suspect that it is a 
Trojan Horse is for them to assign the patents to a neutral third party 
like the Apache Foundation.

[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]


#5629

FromDavid Solimano <david@solimano.org>
Date2014-11-13 22:28 -0500
Message-ID<2ita6apdl65ufevnkh8n8ck7p70al53q7n@4ax.com>
In reply to#5628
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:58:54 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex
<bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 2014-11-14 00:56:15 +0000, David Solimano said:
> [SNIP[
>> 
>> It's actually released under an MIT license, or the X11 license as you
>> might say
>> 
>> https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/LICENSE
>> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License
>> 
>> I'm actually impressed.
>
>Wow, because Microsoft has so relentlessly been anti-Free-Software I 
>didn't even bother to check the license.  Amazing!  Still the patent 
>issue looms.  I suppose the only way I wouldn't suspect that it is a 
>Trojan Horse is for them to assign the patents to a neutral third party 
>like the Apache Foundation.

Agreed, that would be quite reassuring.  I'll stick to my Perl and C++
for the moment.

[toc] | [prev] | [standalone]


Back to top | Article view | comp.misc


csiph-web