Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Oct 2007 19:39 UTC, submitted by gonzo
"One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse the source code of the .NET Framework libraries, and to easily enable debugging support in them. Today I'm excited to announce that we'll be providing this with the .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 release later this year. We'll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class Libraries, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, ADO.NET, XML, and WPF. We'll then be adding more libraries in the months ahead (including WCF, Workflow, and LINQ). The source code will be released under the Microsoft Reference License."
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2007-02-26
Make sure you read the fine print on the license.
This is not OSS. It's a "read-only" license.
One of the more prominent theories circulating around goes something like this:
* MS gives read-only access to .NET source code.
* Developers review it. (Maybe mono developers?)
* Lawsuit time. Evidence shows that you looked at our code. MS kills mono or [insert_app_here].