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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..."

3 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. Rotor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is that kinda like the alien Scrotor?

  2. (+1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Good one!

    Sorry, I ain't got no points right now.

  3. GPL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First GPL violation post!!!