Re:.NET framework source code to be released
by nailer on Friday October 05, 2007 @04:02AM
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I don't think jkush was talking about personal use.
Jkush: "Right, I don't think Microsoft is open (pun intended) to just anyone modifying their baseline code. "
Clearly Microsoft wouldn't mind at all if someone modified the code for their personal use, as it wouldn't affect MS - the user would have an obviously unofficial version of whatever.
It seems the parent poster is implying that 'just anyone' could modify the actual mainline source code of an Open Source app.
This is consistent with past statements from Microsoft about Open Source, usually along the line of "anyone can add code, you don't know where it comes from". Both are incorrect.
Jkush: "Right, I don't think Microsoft is open (pun intended) to just anyone modifying their baseline code. "
Clearly Microsoft wouldn't mind at all if someone modified the code for their personal use, as it wouldn't affect MS - the user would have an obviously unofficial version of whatever.
It seems the parent poster is implying that 'just anyone' could modify the actual mainline source code of an Open Source app. This is consistent with past statements from Microsoft about Open Source, usually along the line of "anyone can add code, you don't know where it comes from". Both are incorrect.