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>>> 1) ... What proportion of Mono uses Microsoft's patented technology, >> 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 > For licensing details, contact mono-licens...@novell.com > You need to rephrase it. The question is whether it is good to convert On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:51:57 -0500, Linonut wrote: How is that different from QT, MySQL, or any of host of other open source
> * Miguel de Icaza peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>> including that which is is part of the ECMA specifications?
> under a proprietary license for those who can not use the LGPL and
> the GPL in their code.
> (mailto:mono-licens...@novell.com)
applications that offer proprietary licenses as well?
>> (b) whether its good for Linux to be a second class citizen on the web You don't need to purchase anything to use Silverlight on Linux, either to
>> when you are unable to watch content.
> 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.
create or view using Mono.