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21. October 2003

Is .NET software Free Software?
Open Source (wiki) | Open Source (wiki) | Open Source (wiki) - urs @ 15:51:46

Supposed having a project using C# being published in the Public Domain. But what if you are bound to a proprietary Framework being able to run such code. Well, there is mono, but mono is not meant to run on Windows. Help me out; a) Is software based on .NET Free Software? b) If the answer is simply YES, is there any disbelief?

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Comment by Miguel de Icaza @ 2003-10-23 04:35:22:
Mono does run on Windows, you can download binaries from: http://www.go-mono.com/download.html

miguel

Comment by urs @ 2003-10-27 09:28:29:

Miguel, thank you for the feedback and the mail discussion later on. To conclude; I mentioned my scepticism regarding the Terms of Use on gotdotnet.com to Miguel. From my point of view, the term "Any software that is made available to download from the Services ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Microsoft, its suppliers and/or other registered users of the Services [..]" has been understood as an absolut claim by Microsoft on all software made availabe on gotdotnet.com. But "and/or" can probably not be interpreted as an unconditional claim by Microsoft.

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