From what I understand of the GPL and the MS position, I'm not entirely clear on whether it would possible to write an application in .NET (in C# or VB using SQL server) and then release that code as GPL.
Why couldn't we take the ACS (with the data model and page flow) and simply build it using the .NET architecture then release it? This assumes that someone would have the time and energy to do such a thing, of course.
We've lost jobs that were offered to us if we would only write them in a MS enviro. Looking back, we should have said, "Sure, if you're willing to pay us to rebuild OpenACS in VB we would be happy to do so." That might be a lot of money, but it sure would be nice to have afterwards, right?
talli
