Open.NET — .NET Libraries Go "Open Source"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 3, 2007 @05:57AM from the close-but-no-cigar dept.

An anonymous reader writes "whurley just posted a blog about Microsoft's announcement To Make .NET Libraries available under a crippled 'Open Source' program using their new Microsoft Reference License. The post includes the official pr doc from Microsoft as well as several points about how this really isn't open source. One example: If a developer finds a bug in the code, rather than fixing it themselves and submitting a patch to the community they'll be encouraged to submit feedback via the product feedback center."

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Re:Could be worse by CaymanIslandCarpedie · 2007-10-03 06:26 · Score: 5, Interesting

Fair enough, but Microsoft is trying to get street cred through a disingenuous use of the term "open source".

Except if you'd read TFA you'd see MS never even mentions the term "open source" or anything like it. They are very clear on what is and isn't offered and it being open source is certainly not one of thier cliams. That term come from a blog.

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