* Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure is a reference implementation of the CLI available from Microsoft, under the Shared source licensing program.

This Shared Source Initiative ( SSI ) is managed by RISC OS Open Limited.

* Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure-Microsoft's shared source implementation of. NET, previously codenamed Rotor

It was also the first Microsoft Shared Source project to be hosted externally ( on SourceForge ).

* Shared Source Common Language InfrastructureMicrosoft's shared source implementation of. NET, previously codenamed Rotor

Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative, launched in May 2001, includes a spectrum of technologies and licenses.

Shared Source programs allow individuals and organizations to access Microsoft's source code for reference ( e. g. when developing complementary systems ), for review and auditing from a security perspective ( mostly wanted by some large corporations and governments ), and for development ( academic institutions, OEMs, individual developers ).

Other Shared Source licenses are proprietary, and thus allow the copyright holder to retain tighter control over the use of their product.

Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies such as RISC OS Open Ltd.

Microsoft also uses specific licenses for some of their products, for example the Shared Source CLI License and the Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6. 0 Shared Source License .< ref >

The Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure ( SSCLI ), previously codenamed Rotor, is Microsoft's shared source implementation of the CLI, the core of. NET.

Microsoft provides the Shared Source CLI as a reference CLI implementation suitable for educational use.

On March 2002, Microsoft released version 1. 0 of the Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure, also called Rotor.

The Shared Source CLI was initially pre-configured to run on Windows, but could also be built on FreeBSD ( version 4. 7 or newer ), and Mac OS X 10. 2.

It was designed such that the only thing that needed to be customized to port the Shared Source CLI to a different platform was a thin Platform Abstraction Layer ( PAL ).

The Shared Source CLI use the non free Microsoft Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure license.

* Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure 2. 0 Release