>> * Miguel de Icaza peremptorily fired off this memo:

>>>> 1) ... What proportion of Mono uses Microsoft's patented technology,
>>>> including that which is is part of the ECMA specifications?

>>> Read our policy on patents (Microsoft or otherwise):

>>> http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Licensing

>>> Which is not different than any other open source project.

>> It sure as hell is different:

>>    Both the Mono runtime and the Mono C# Compiler are also available
>>    under a proprietary license for those who can not use the LGPL and
>>    the GPL in their code.

>>    For licensing details, contact mono-licens...@novell.com
>>    (mailto:mono-licens...@novell.com)

> How is that different from QT, MySQL, or any of host of other open source
> applications that offer proprietary licenses as well?

>>> (b) whether its good for Linux to be a second class citizen on the web
>>> when you are unable to watch content.

>> You need to rephrase it.  The question is whether it is good to convert
>> citizens into second-class citizens on the web by virtue of restricting
>> their access to content to a format promulgated by a large, powerful,
>> and dominant corporation, requiring the relatively expensive purchase of
>> a proprietary (and unlicensed for production by any other vendor)
>> operating system.

> You don't need to purchase anything to use Silverlight on Linux, either to
> create or view using Mono.