[Mono-list] Microsoft open sources the roslyn compiler under the Apache 2.0 License

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Justin Dearing <zippy1981 at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://roslyn.codeplex.com/
> 
> Are there any plans to port rosyln to mono?

Miguel demo'd Roslyn running atop Mono/OS X at //build yesterday. I don't think it will be too difficult to "port".

> Also, since this is apache 2.0 licensed, whats the policy on contributing code from it to Mono itself? Does contributing to mono require copyright assignment?

I _suspect_ -- but do not _know_ -- that Roslyn will _not_ be part of the Mono git repo. (Why should it be? It can remain an independent repo, just as e.g. cecil, ikvm, and rx are.)

Contributions to Mono _itself_ will require copyright assignment, but I rather doubt that contributions to Roslyn will be considered as contributions "to mono".

 - Jon