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The CP is then more or less useless for free and open source software---the freedom to modify and redistribute the software is worthless if any feature you choo
by ragnemalm 17y ago
The CP is then more or less useless for free and open source software---the freedom to modify and redistribute the software is worthless if any feature you choose to add, remove or modify makes you fair game for a patent lawsuit. The users have no real control over this sort of software, because they can't legally distribute modifications which violate the letter of the specifications.
It sounds like C# and the CLI is still best avoided for open source software.
- yread 17y agoIt is not just a specification, it is a standard. Why would you even want to implement something violating the standard? >It sounds like C# and the CLI is still best avoided for open source software. Why? How does the language or compiler matter for writing open source or not? I think the sentence should read: It sounds like Mono is still best avoided if you are paranoid And moreover this news is about microsoft promising not to sue mono. It has nothing to do with microsoft suing or not suing you for writing code.
- daeken 17y agoMy kernel is pure .NET, but it will most likely never be a complete implementation. Why? Because many parts of it (e.g. the file stream APIs) are completely extraneous with my design. It may eventually have the unimplemented parts as wrappers for other components, but I find it highly unlikely it'll ever be a completely standards-compliant implementation.