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On 5/1/07, Eric Lavigne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/hugunin/archive/2007/04/30/a-dynamic-language-runtime-dlr.aspx > > http://tirania.org/blog/ > > Microsoft is open sourcing some very nice pieces of technology. They > have reimplemented Ruby, Python, Javascript, and OCaml as .NET > languages. They have released their new dynamic language runtime > (DLR), a sandboxing runtime called Silverlight, as well as the first > two of those four languages, under the Microsoft Permissive License, > which seems like a very open license. OCaml is provided free as in > beer, but under a more restrictive license that might keep it out of > Linux distros. > > Here is the Microsoft Permissive License. It is a short license that > doesn't seem to have any weird strings attached. > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/permissivelicense.mspx > > This is a very significant gift to the open source community, and I > don't see any indication of Trojans hiding inside. > Probably more of a reactionary move than anything. Adobe open sources Flex, and waddaya know?...magically, Microsoft does the same with their competitive product a week later. Flex is licensed under MPL, supported on RedHat, Mac, and Solaris already. What are the chances you're gonna see cross platform, multi-platform, or alternative platform development tools for Silverlight? Ok, maybe the mono people will get something working 6months to a year from now. Flex works with eclipse today. Dont get me wrong, its a step in the right direction. But I'm not ready to believe ms has somehow seen the light. They're just trying to get back into a game thats passed them by. dan