[Mono-list] open sourcing all of Microsoft .net

[Jonathan Lima]

When I said about WPF I was talking about the entire stack(except DirectX,
ofcourse). Thats includes cormedia source which we would abstract and port
to other platforms.


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:24 PM, "Andrés G. Aragoneses" <knocte at gmail.com>wrote:

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> opensource != crossplatform
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> Do you think WPF internals are just managed code?
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> On 06/09/13 19:37, Jonathan Lima wrote:
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>> There is no reason to use Microsoft code of the BCL. One of the best
>> libraries that could be open sourced is WPF, there isn't any UI
>> framework that works better or that is easier to use than WPF. And with
>> WPF open source, .Net UI could be really cross-platform without needing
>> any modifications.
>>
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>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Martin Thwaites
>> <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk <mailto:monoforum at my2cents.co.**uk<monoforum at my2cents.co.uk>>>
>> wrote:
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>>     There is a specific exclusion in the EULA that says you can't use it
>>     port it to a "Non-Windows" operating system.
>>
>>     I think there will always be a slight issue with a "Cross Platform"
>>     .NET as there are too many things that have hook-ins to specific MS
>>     Technologies outside of .NET.
>>
>>     I agree though, open sourcing the core libraries, holding back some
>>     specifics that key into their technologies specifically (IIS comes
>>     to mind), would be a big positive move.
>>
>>     The reality is though, it would never be termed ".NET for Linux" or
>>     be backed by MS, so major companies will always be apprehensive
>>     about running those production sites on Linux.
>>
>>     On Sep 6, 2013 6:20 PM, "Andrew Clancy" <nite at achren.org
>>     <mailto:nite at achren.org>> wrote:
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>>         That's not open source, that's readable source, you can't fork
>>         it or use it, nor merge it with mono & have an official .net
>>         framework for linux etc. My thoughts are, if we did have this
>>         there'd be more appetite/scope to implement in .net in
>>         corporates and environments where linux and/or java rule. Where
>>         I work mono isn't an option as there's no other companies of our
>>         size using it to the scale we use java, but if a Microsoft
>>         backed .net made it to linux it may be an option (and I'm sure
>>         if ms open sourced it mono would do most of the work to merge,
>>         ms would just need to stamp approval)
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>>         On 6 Sep 2013 18:10, "Mike Christensen" <mike at kitchenpc.com
>>         <mailto:mike at kitchenpc.com>> wrote:
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>>             I'm pretty sure it already is..
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>>             http://referencesource.**microsoft.com/netframework.**aspx<http://referencesource.microsoft.com/netframework.aspx>
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>>             On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:33 PM, nite <nite at achren.org
>>             <mailto:nite at achren.org>> wrote:
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>>                 Has the case ever been made to Microsoft to open source
>>                 all of .net? It's
>>                 heading that way, now even the asp.net <http://asp.net>
>>                 stack is open. Not much to lose, as
>>                 it isn't part of their core business, and still not part
>>                 of their core
>>                 windows stack. Loads to gain, massive kudos from the dev
>>                 community and the
>>                 chance to win back the hoards of devs jaded by Microsoft
>>                 for various
>>                 reasons.
>>
>>                 Has anyone from the mono camp ever tried lobbying them,
>>                 or aware of any
>>                 efforts? What was the response?
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