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Ask HN: Can I legally fork C# and share my new version?
I have been trying to find an anwer to this.
Microsoft has opened sourced the C# compiler and
dotnetcore.
That ought to mean that if I fork the repos,
I can compile the eco system and start making changes.
Create C##.
C## is just a silly name, if the trademark is the problem then lets call it FISH.
Would it be legal under the licence that Microsoft
have on the source to then share my C## with the
world?
There are a lot of reasons why this would be dumb,
but I want to focus on the legal aspect of it.
How libre the license is.
- thesuperbigfrog 6y agoI am not a lawyer. If you want legal advice, talk with a lawyer. Here is the license for the C# compiler (Roslyn): https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/License.txt https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/License.txt The license is an MIT which means that you should be able to fork the language and do anything you want with it. The names "C#" and ".NET" are Microsoft trademarks and so you would need to use some other name