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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by lgieron on Friday April 04, 2014 @07:55AM (#7530663)
Releasing .NET sources could help Mono development and ultimately lead to .NET world not being locked to Windows (at least on servers, you'd still want Windows for Visual Studio when doing development)
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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by pmr_ on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:19AM (#7531146)
A Mono developer should avoid looking at the .NET code at all costs. That would only set them up for patent law suits.
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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by maxlybbert on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:59AM (#7531428)
Unlike GPL2, the Apache license has an explicit patent grant. When I first saw this announcement, I didn't realize what effect it will have on the patents used to bring up any chance they got: they join the patents already available under various approaches (due to C# standardization or the Communit Promise). And I believe you can now avoid the goofiness of all end users explicitly needing to accept the Community Promise.
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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by ygra on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:50AM (#7531341)
The .NET reference source is licensed in a way that Mono developers can look at it without scratching their eyes out afterwards.
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