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what? is .NET open source ? if it's open source is it a free software ?

• adamdavis 13y ago
  You can read more here http://www.asp.net/open-source http://www.asp.net/open-source
  • camus2 13y ago
    Well , i'm not concerned about Asp.NET but .NET itself.So this page is not going to answer my question.
    • adamdavis 13y ago
      Ah, an important distinction, my mistake.
• yulaow 13y ago
  asp.net is, the .NET framework not but there are some open source implementations based on the standard specification. Like Mono and DotGnu
  • xanadohnt 13y ago
    DotGnu has been dead for nearly half a decade.
• stonemetal 13y ago
  .net is "Source Available" perhaps, Microsoft makes the source available so that you can step into their code when debugging. They make it extremely easy to point VS at their symbol servers(and cache locally for performance) so you always get the exact right source you need while debugging. If you prefer to browse the source http://referencesource.microsoft.com/ http://referencesource.microsoft.com/ has it all including the license. It appears to be a non free license as it is for reference use only.
  • hackinthebochs 13y ago
    >They make it extremely easy to point VS at their symbol servers(and cache locally for performance) so you always get the exact right source you need while debugging. Is this something that happens automatically? Do you have any more information how to set this up?
    • sz4kerto 13y ago
      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319037/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319037/en-us
    • duncans 13y ago
      On http://referencesource.microsoft.com http://referencesource.microsoft.com in bold "How to configure Visual Studio for debugging .NET framework" which links to http://referencesource.microsoft.com/setup.html http://referencesource.microsoft.com/setup.html
    • deleted 13y ago
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