Re: Mono License changes over time and the risks this is presenting.

2009-07-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009, Peter Dolding wrote: > non-free is the section I mean. Items in there have restrictions > that could mean they are non free. non-free is for things which we can distribute legally but do not meet the DFSG. Things that are controlled by patents which are actively enforced for w

Re: Mono License changes over time and the risks this is presenting.

2009-07-06 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon Jul 06 21:04, Peter Dolding wrote: > What is more worrying here is the progressions of license conversions > it slowly looks like its completely converting to MIT so meaning > Novell will not be blocked by shipping if Patent claims come. GPLv3 would be the only thing which provided any such

Re: Mono License changes over time and the risks this is presenting.

2009-07-06 Thread Peter Dolding
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 6:49 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > Peter Dolding wrote: [...] >> In fact the head of Microsoft has said That only Novell and other >> people who have signed agreements is protected. So all the class >> libraries of mono need to move to the restricted section. Hopefully >> this will

Re: Mono License changes over time and the risks this is presenting.

2009-07-06 Thread MJ Ray
Peter Dolding wrote: [...] > In fact the head of Microsoft has said That only Novell and other > people who have signed agreements is protected. So all the class > libraries of mono need to move to the restricted section. Hopefully > this will push the .Net wanting people to get clarification o

Re: Mono License changes over time and the risks this is presenting.

2009-07-05 Thread Michael Poole
Peter Dolding writes: > http://www.mono-project.com/Licensing > > Mono engine was pure GPL and Class libraries was LGPL at one point. > > These days the Mono engine is hybred MIT & GPL and the class libraries is MIT. > > This trend is something to be worried about. MIT does not provide any > pate