The code will be released under Microsoft's "look but don't touch" Microsoft Reference License. Unlike traditional open-source licensing, Microsoft's restrictive terms only allow developers to study ...

Since early this decade, Microsoft has been promoting their software framework, the .NET platform and its associated libraries. Now up to incarnation v3.5, Windows developers worldwide have rejoiced ...

The .Net Reference Source Project is meant to help developers build better software, but they first must upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft said this week that it is now allowing developers to ...

When the announcement was first made, however, some developers viewed it as a Pandora's Box because the source code would be released under a "Reference" license, which meant developers could view the ...