[Mono-list] ASP.net and Licensing

[William Ivanski]

I think Martin is right. Reading mono license, at first glance is possible
to see that everybody can use mono to develop, build and host ASP.NET
websites (WebForms or MVC) for commercial purposes.

I already developed some ASP.NET applications and run then on mono for
personal and freelance purposes.

But I'm considering buying one Xamarin license for two reasons: I want to
start to develop applications for Android, and I'm looking for a way to
retribute to the mono project. I know that contributing to Xamarin, Xamarin
people would have more resources to work on mono improve, fix bugs and so
on.

William Ivanski

2014-11-20 14:14 GMT-02:00 Martin Thwaites <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk>:

> Does this not cover it?
>
> https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/LICENSE
>
> (Note, I'm not a legal expert so if you're concerned in anyway, get you
> lawyer to look into it)
>
> You've got to look at the individual libraries you're using though.  If
> they are Mono libraries, chances are they are MIT/X11, so you're safe, and
> we are more open that the microsoft licencing.  Give that it's a very, very
> (add 20 or so more "very"s there) common framework to build websites, I'd
> say that yes you can build a piece of commercial software with it.
>
> That said, you would need to be more specific.  Using the libraries in
> .NET or mono should not be a problem in terms of building a commercial
> website without any acknowledgement in my opinion.  I've built major
> websites using .NET and the ASP.NET framework (WebForms and MVC), and our
> legal department never raised an eyebrow.
>
> That said, is it not always nice to acknowledge people's hard work and
> give credit where it's due?
>
> Mono is NOT Xamarin.  Xamarin do something very specific with Mobile.
> Xamarin's offerings use Mono under the hood, and therefore they commit any
> changes/enhancements back to the mono project.  Anything on GitHub is not
> owned by Xamarin (as I understand it, and check the licences if you're
> unsure), therefore they cannot (nor would they want to) force you to buy a
> licence to use them.
>
> Hope that helps
> Martin
>
> On 20 November 2014 16:00, William Ivanski <william.ivanski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Great question, I would like to know that too.
>>
>> William Ivanski
>>
>> 2014-11-20 9:13 GMT-02:00 aleksit <aleksi.tanskanen at live.com>:
>>
>> Hey
>>> What is licensing terms of ASP.net of mono ? Is they same than licenses
>>> of
>>> mono ?
>>> Can I do commercial software with it and if I can what kind of things I
>>> need
>>> to add with my project ? And what is the license terms if I host my
>>> project
>>> for customers ? Do I need to buy Xamarin license ?
>>>
>>>
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