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Mono bundles Microsoft's MVC framework


By David Worthington
July 22, 2009 —  (Page 1 of 2)
The Mono project is redistributing Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC framework, a high-level component of the .NET Framework used for building Web applications that follow a model-view-controller (MVC) pattern. The process began earlier this month.

Microsoft's decision to make more of the .NET Framework available under open-source licenses is a sign that it may be embracing a greater cross-platform vision in response to competition from Google, an analyst says.

Google's Chrome operating system announcement probably gave more ammunition to those individuals within Microsoft who were advocating stronger cross-platform capabilities for Microsoft frameworks and tools, said Michael Goulde, a retired open-source analyst for Forrester. "Google has taken Linux into competition with Windows, and Microsoft realizes that it will have to change the level it is competing at.

"Microsoft is finding it increasingly difficult to position its strategic center of gravity around Windows. They need to be able to play well on other operating systems with their platform," he said. "This is great for developers and great for customers. Microsoft has some really great software and has been artificially limiting its availability."

Mono runs on multiple operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. The Mono project is an open-source implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), a technology created by Microsoft that was subsequently standardized by ECMA and ISO International. Microsoft has supported Mono's development with technological assistance.

The July 6 release of Mono 2.4.2.1, a bugfix for Mono 2.4, redistributed the MVC framework. Microsoft placed MVC under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) in April.

"We just ship Microsoft's open-sourced ASP.NET MVC; they licensed it under the Ms-PL," said Mono project leader and Novell vice president Miguel de Icaza.

The Ms-PL is an open-source license that was approved by the Open Source Initiative in 2007.

The Ms-PL is the least restrictive of Microsoft's open-source licenses, and it allows for distribution of compiled code for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.

On July 7, Microsoft placed ECMA-based implementations of the CLI and the C# programming language under its Community Promise, a promise by the company not to assert its intellectual property rights for covered technologies.

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07/28/2009 04:46:53 AM EST

now that seems to be a good approach from microsoft.This is what open source guys always complaint about, the patent issue.We welcome Microsoft for taking step inside Open Source Arena .

Indiaamarshukla123


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