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Mono = LGPL and CoreCLR/.NET = MIT Mono (aka Xamarin) are getting out of the compiler/language reverse engineering game and focusing 100% on mobile. They no lo
by ghuntley 12y ago
Mono = LGPL and CoreCLR/.NET = MIT
Mono (aka Xamarin) are getting out of the compiler/language reverse engineering game and focusing 100% on mobile. They no longer need to clean room the MSFT implementation because the MSR license as a purple-pill. Now that Microsoft has relicensed under MIT developers are arriving in droves.
Advantages? .NET everywhere, SINGLE reference implementation/specification means no more bugs.
edit: You can see the transformation of Xamarin -> Mobile and replacing internal components from CoreCLR over at https://trello.com/b/vRPTMfdz/net-framework-integration-into-mono https://trello.com/b/vRPTMfdz/net-framework-integration-into...
- hamiltont 12y ago> purple-pill What does this mean? Googling it led to interpretations that I doubt apply here... ><
- lstamour 12y agoI read it as an auto-corrected typo of "poison pill" :-) http://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-net-poison-pill http://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-net-poison-pill This news, however, is a very positive step. Can't wait for Build next week...
- ollyfg 12y agoI understood it as a halfway pill between the red pill and the blue pill from The Matrix, and subsequently got very confused. Looking at it as a typo makes a lot more sense!
- txdv 12y agoThat transition could take a long time.
- jebblue 12y agoI don't know about CoreCLR but with Mono I can run my .NET WinForms programs from the early 2000's right now.