Let me be the first to say welcome. >>> Thank you! I'm glad to hear it!
Do you know if microsoft has any submitted or ourstanding patends on the technologies included in the MSBuild stuff? We will want to make sure we are not accepting code from people who have access to or copies of the MSBuild source if there are license restrictions or patent issues. >>> This is a tricky question but I'll do my best to answer it openly and honestly :). 1) Microsoft has submitted and has some outstanding patents on technologies included in the MSBuild engine (core platform stuff). 2) MSBuild is written 100% in managed code and will not be obfuscated by us. With this said, as of today there are no plans to release sources for MSBuild Engine stuff. Not even as shared source. We are currently debating releasing sources for our tasks and loggers, but we haven't discussed license issues yet. Let me know if you have any other questions, Alex Kipman ([EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Manager Visual Studio Core Team -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 2:28 PM To: Alex Kipman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [nant-dev] FYI RE: [nant-dev] FYILet me be the first to say welcome. Our archives are open and monitoring the list is great. From what I understand of MSBuild, and the difference from NAnt, it sounds like they will always have slightly different goals and features. There is also the issue of open vs. shared source which will divide and seperate our users at a philosophical level. Do you know if microsoft has any submitted or ourstanding patends on the technologies included in the MSBuild stuff? We will want to make sure we are not accepting code from people who have access to or copies of the MSBuild source if there are license restrictions or patent issues. Thank you for following up on the information about NAnt. If you, or if any other MSPress writers, need any information about NAnt we would be more than willing to help out. This list is a great way to get information about the state of NAnt, and its features. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Kipman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: RE: [nant-dev] FYI The book they handed out with the PDC alpha bits, "Introducing Longhorn for Developers", Brent Rector, Microsoft Press, has a fairly unflattering description of NAnt in it. >>> I have to agree with this and for that I must apologize. I saw that book and the chapter on MSBuild for the first time at PDC. The content of that chapter is inaccurate in some parts, and in particular in the final section of MSBuild vs NAnt. Upon returning to Microsoft on Monday I will be having a serious conversation with the publisher at MSPress and Brent to find out where they got their information from since no one in the MSBuild team was aware of the content of that chapter. Again my apologies for the description of MSBuild vs NAnt since that is the polar opposite of how I think we should interact. It is not about us vs NAnt and we shouldn't let it become that way. As I have told Gert Driesen before we love the NAnt community!! You guys are a thriving .NET community and are enabling people to build .NET applications TODAY. The more successful NAnt becomes, the more successful .NET becomes. It's really a win/win situation for everyone: Microsoft, the NAnt community, and our customers. I have just subscribed to both nant-dev and nant-user so that I can answer questions about MSBuild if/when you guys have them. My objective is to give you facts rather than leave things up to speculation. Please let me know if my lurking upsets you and I will respect that and unsubscribe from the mailing lists. Alex Kipman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Program Manager Visual Studio Core Team ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
