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Rotor: Shared Source CLI

Posted by michael on from the one-rotor-to-bind-them dept.

Oink.NET writes "The O'Reilly Network reports on an unannounced BOF session at BSDCon 2002 regarding Rotor, a shared souce implementation of Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure that currently runs on Windows and FreeBSD. It relies on a Platform Adaptation Layer, similar to Apache's Portable Runtime, that simplifies porting to other OS's. As to the licensing terms, the Rotor FAQ says "Microsoft intends to provide very liberal non-commercial licensing terms and is interested in gathering community input on the design of the license." Wonder if that includes Slashdot community input..."

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  1. Feedback? They want feedback? by flacco · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    "Microsoft intends to provide very liberal non-commercial licensing terms and is interested in gathering community input on the design of the license."

    How about this: roll the license up in a ball and stuff it up your ass.

    --
    pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
  2. Re:Why FreeBSD, here's my opinion by JordanH · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    • There are absolutely NO advantages to ANYBODY of GPL'd software over BSD license.

    Except the poor consumer of software, who has seen, time and time again, BSD software expropriated by commercial vendors who then create their own incompatible lock-in extensions (MS with their TCP/IP implementation, SunOS => Solaris, Ultrix, BSDi, all commercial Unices with their BSD-derived tools, etc. etc. etc. etc.).

    The hope of some is that GPL will break this proprietary lockin cycle and bring about a software economy where good common tools are widely available and the money is made from support and specific extensions to meet specific needs. The consumer wins by getting off the upgrady-goround.

    Maybe it's just a pipe dream.