RE: [Dev-C++] Re: Longhorn

[Ioannis V. <iv...@at...>]

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> Of Samuel Keding
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:42 PM
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> Subject: [Dev-C++] Re: Longhorn
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> So what does all this mean to open source? If they are making 
> a new windows sdk that has special license restrictions, will 
> that phase minGW and other's ability to make compilers that 
> can compile code for the next OS generation? 


I do not know about license stuff, but what I do know is that the main .NET
engine (CLI) which is the virtual machine mechanism, together with its
assemby language are standardised by ECMA.


This had as a result the open source Mono:


http://www.go-mono.org/



Microsoft had the intention recently to apply for patents for its library.


If the library is not available in the terms that Win32 is, one can create
his own library.


But I wouldn't understand why the .NET SDK would not be available in the
terms that Win32 API is.



Ioannis Vranos
 
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