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dragon4spy

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Hi everyone!

Does Microsoft allow us to create and distribute our own VB.Net IDE instead of using Visual Studio.Net?

Is it legal or not to do so? Because we can download .net framework SDK for free, write vb.net code in our own IDE, and then we can compile our code using the free SDK.
 
Yes! Sure i am :D

Somebody has told me that VB is monopoly, thus i thought that on no account must it be cloned or recreated.

I'm glad that it could be done without any laws trouble. :cool:
 
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I wouldn't see why there would be a legal restriction on making a .NET IDE, since you can write VB.NET code in Notepad and just save it as a .vb file :). It's just text. The compilers, however, *could be* what they'd get you for.
 
I understood that all you're paying for in Visual Studio.Net is the actual IDE, which includes all the debugging tools, code coloring, tasks, line numbers, integration with VSS and other tools, Intellisense, etc, etc. Basically all the stuff that helps to make things QUICKLY.

I can understand people wanting to create their own IDE if they were poor, but once you're working, and your company provides you with a enterprise Ed. of Visual Studio... the point for me is lost anyway.
 
samsmithnz said:
I can understand people wanting to create their own IDE if they were poor...
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This would place you in a catch-22 position, You'll always remain poor spending your time developing a new IDE. :)
 
Haha Robby, good point. :)

Iceplug, how could they get for for compiling if it's a feature built
into the .NET framework? There's no reason it shouldn't be
perfecty legal, just look at SharpDevelop.
 
The compilers are part of the .NET framework distribution. Nobody will complain about you writing your own IDE that uses the compilers that are part of the framework.
 
Iceplug, how could they get for for compiling if it's a feature built
into the .NET framework?
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I thought I edited my post to say "but I doubt it.".
But anyway, I figured not, since compilers are remade all of the time.
 
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