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Re:MSBuild is going cross-platform with .NET Core by carussell on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:25AM (#10168941)
Not true, at least not for the CLR and the framework itself.

The crux of the Oracle v Google suit is basically, "It's Java, but it's not Java Java."

If you take a look at the MS patent promise, the way it's authored specifically allows for the very same kind of suit.

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/PATENTS.TXT

Re:MSBuild is going cross-platform with .NET Core by carussell on Friday September 04, 2015 @05:05PM (#10172869)
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