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Microsoft .Net Libraries Not Acting "Open Source"

Posted by kdawson on from the promises-broken-or-forgotten dept.

figleaf writes "Three years ago, with much fanfare, Microsoft announced it would make some of the .Net libraries open source using the Microsoft Reference License. Since then Microsoft has reneged on its promise. The reference code site is dead, the blog hasn't been updated in a year and a half, and no one from Microsoft responds to questions on the forum."

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  1. Re:How is this different? by Gr8Apes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They probably have to get rid of 75% of their documentation though.

    Leaving 99% of the remainder as a still largely useless pile of dung.

    --
    The cesspool just got a check and balance.
  2. Re:People here think .NET is Open Source? by vadim_t · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hello,

    You certainly don't speak for me. I prefer working with Mono precisely for that reason.