Hi Thomas. I was extremely surprised to hear that .net was open sourced. I thought I'd mention it here since it only happened last week and it's in the interest of all game programmers using or thinking of using VB.net, c# etc.
On 11/17/14, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Willem, > > Well, I'll freely admit my information is years out of date. Primarily > from 2008 or so. When I was looking into using Mono in 2008 I was > warned away from it by many developers due in large part to some > litigation that was going on during that time over Mono infringing > upon Microsoft's .NET code base. Since then I switched to C++ rather > than C# for the majority of software development so hadn't kept up to > date with developments in Mono legal or otherwise since then. So my > information is definitely out of date. That's also why I said it was a > concern of mine rather than outright declaring there were any > copyright issues right now. However, I deeply appreciate the > information, because that might convince me to go back to C# .NET. > > Cheers! > > > On 11/16/14, Willem Venter <dwill...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thomas, for reference Microsoft is making most of the .Net code open >> source, so I doubt they will be taking on anyone using it to develop >> cross platform programs. >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-takes-net-open-source-and-cross-platform/ > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
