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All GPLed Code Removed From MonoDevelop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the those-who-write-the-code-make-the-rules dept.

rysiek writes "A few days ago, Miguel de Icaza wrote on his blog that the whole of MonoDevelop is now 'free' of GPL-licensed code. 'MonoDevelop code is now LGPLv2 and MIT X11 licensed. We have removed all of the GPL code, allowing addins to use Apache, MS-PL code as well as allowing proprietary add-ins to be used with MonoDevelop (like RemObject's Oxygene).'"

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  1. Debugger by Spykk · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like MonoDevelop finally gets a debugger. That was really the last thing tying me to Visual Studio for .net development.

  2. good start! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe next they'll remove all the non-GPL code as well.

  3. Sorry, Miguel by seebs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill's still happily married. I really don't think this is working.

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  4. Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof by backwardMechanic · · Score: 5, Funny

    OpenOffice.org is your TEXT EDITOR? Oh boy.

  5. Re:Good. by introspekt.i · · Score: 1, Funny

    And people who do neither can continue to complain on Slashdot.

  6. Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof by Again · · Score: 2, Funny

    OpenOffice.org is your TEXT EDITOR? Oh boy.

    Well at least he can do his own custom syntax highlighting without messing around in the "Preferences".

  7. Re:Now for business use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's funny: the business I work for LOVEs GPL stuff. However they are an ISP.

  8. Re:I know it's now LGPL but I couldn't resist ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's like the Land Before Time but with less anal sex!

  9. Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof by selven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, that's a pretty decent text editor. I prefer MS Paint.

  10. Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof by xtracto · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alas, Mono is still a part of the default Gnome distribution, just so they can have a note taking applet which takes 189MB memory (counting libraries used by it and no other process) and takes several seconds to start on beefy hardware while the C++ port of that very same code uses 5MB and starts near-instantly.

    So, at last Novel achieved the real objective of .NET? - to be a complete replacement of the Java technology! - even Microsoft could not do that! bah!

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  11. Re:Does anyone really use it? by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 3, Funny

    C++ WxWidgets was a niche solution for a temporary problem. It's basically a portable copy of MFC with a few extra features.

    I got all excited about cross-platform GUI work, bought the book, got 3 chapters in, and all of a sudden had a huge WTF moment. Seriously, it was like looking at a painting of attractive women bathing, then you realize they are guys, and they are having sex and killing each other in the most creative ways imaginable. Wondering how I misinterpreted it at first, trying to see the original conception again, and feeling suddenly awkward about the erection is about as close of a metaphor as I can give to that moment.

    With scripting languages I'm sure it's all cool and stuff, but for C++ you'd be better off holding someone's grandmother for a Linux GUI ransom. Or, if you're really super crazy, try Qt instead.