With open version you don’t mean open source right? Because it’s open source. MIT is also not a restricitve license. github.com/dotnet/core
Comment on Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team
thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Microsoft has had dotnet-core for awhile. If you are running production dotnet loads (eg a C# app), you’ve probably been using those Linux containers for awhile. This doesn’t surprise me; they usually aren’t interested in maintaining an open version of software they have more restrictive licenses for. Enterprises will continue to use dotnet-core and Microsoft will probably do something to shoot mono in the foot in a few years.
woodgen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Mihies@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Actually everybody will use .NET and not Mono if possible, as it’s officially supported and a successor.
thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
The reason to use mono over dotnet is political. This is stirring up some really old shit; I expect a continuation of that shit now. Mono is currently MIT as is dotnet core. Who knows what direction each project will go now? MS has a history of fucking with licenses and Wine uses copyleft setups.
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
Interesting article. Gives me some light on what Microsoft wants with open source code.