Re: [directory-discuss] Microsoft ASP.NET Core, and .NET Core

[David Hedlund]

On 2019-03-22 17:14, Donald Robertson wrote:

On 3/19/19 7:50 AM, David Hedlund wrote:

"ASP.NET is a popular web-development framework for building web apps on
the .NET platform.
ASP.NET Core is the open-source version of ASP.NET, that runs on macOS,
Linux, and Windows. ASP.NET Core was first released in 2016 and is a
re-design of earlier Windows-only versions of ASP.NET." -
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/learn/web/what-is-aspnet-core

ASP.NET Core is distributed under Apache 2.0. -
https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
.NET Core is distributed under the MIT License. -
https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT

However, I could not find any dotnet SDK package for Trisquel (it's
discussed here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/net-core-open-source) and
or at https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.


*Should we list Microsoft ASP.NET Core, and .NET Core at
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_evaluation



* What is FSF's standpoint for ASP.NET Core, and .NET Core?



* Should some disclaimer be added to
https://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono?



* Should the FSF start a new page for its ASP.NET Core, and .NET Core
staindpoints?




I suggest that the FSF discuss this.

I don't think we've done a review on it.

Would the FSF like to do that?

Could you explain what the
issue is?

The .NET core packages in Trisquel, Debian (https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=dotnet), and Ubuntu (https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=dotnet&searchon=names&suite=cosmic&section=all) are related to GTK:
* libgtk-dotnet3.0-cil
* libgtk-dotnet3.0-cil-dev

To install the runtime you have to:
* Download an installation script described at https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/master/docs/core/linux-prerequisites.md#scripting-installs-with-the-net-core-installer-script or:
* Download a .deb package described at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manager/ubuntu16-04/runtime-2.0.5

Prerequisites for .NET Core on GNU/Linux
https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/master/docs/core/linux-prerequisites.md
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/linux-prerequisites

All prerequisites are found in Trisquel, that's a good thing!

If the .NET Core and ASP .NET Core packages ("runtime" and "sdk") are 100% free, then they should be packaged, otherwise we should about them.