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On March 31, 2016, Microsoft announced at [[Build (developer conference)|Microsoft Build]] that they will completely [[software relicensing|relicense]] Mono under an [[MIT License]] even in scenarios where formerly a commercial license was needed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krill|first1=Paul|title=Xamarin's Mono runtime gets a looser license|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/3050732/microsoft-windows/xamarins-mono-runtime-gets-a-looser-license.html|website=[[InfoWorld]]|publisher=[[IDG]]|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=April 13, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416032759/http://www.infoworld.com/article/3050732/microsoft-windows/xamarins-mono-runtime-gets-a-looser-license.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Microsoft also supplemented its prior patent promise for Mono, stating that they will not assert any "applicable patents" against parties that are "using, selling, offering for sale, importing, or distributing Mono."<ref name=Ferraira1>{{cite web|url=http://techreport.com/news/29929/xamarin-now-comes-free-with-visual-studio|title=Xamarin now comes free with Visual Studio.|work=The Tech Report|date=March 31, 2016|first=Bruno|last=Ferraira|access-date=April 12, 2016|archive-date=April 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402173444/http://techreport.com/news/29929/xamarin-now-comes-free-with-visual-studio|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft_PP_Mono">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/PATENTS.TXT|title=Microsoft Patent Promise for Mono|work=Mono on GitHub |date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416133644/https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/PATENTS.TXT|archive-date=April 16, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> It was announced that the Mono Project was contributed to the .NET Foundation. These developments followed the acquisition of [[Xamarin]], which began in February 2016 and was finished on March 18, 2016.<ref name="Friedman2">{{cite web|url=https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all/|title=Xamarin for Everyone|work=Xamarin Blog |first1=Nat |last1=Friedman |date=March 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412072728/https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all/|archive-date=April 12, 2016|access-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>
Microsoft's press release highlights that the cross-platform commitment now allows for a fully open-source, modern server-side .NET stack. Microsoft released the source code for WPF, Windows Forms and [[WinUI]] on December 4, 2018.<ref name="ms-wpf-winforms-oss">{{cite web|title=Announcing Open Source of WPF, Windows Forms, and WinUI at Microsoft Connect 2018|url=https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/12/04/announcing-open-source-of-wpf-windows-forms-and-winui-at-microsoft-connect-2018/|website=Windows Developer Blog|date=December 4, 2018|publisher=Microsoft |first1=Kevin |last1=Gallo |access-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215163944/https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/12/04/announcing-open-source-of-wpf-windows-forms-and-winui-at-microsoft-connect-2018/|archive-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>
==Architecture==
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