On 12/03/2009 07:58 PM, BLFS Trac wrote:
> #2644: New package: Mono
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>   Reporter:  willimm  |       Owner:  blfs-b...@…
>       Type:  task     |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  future
> Component:  BOOK     |     Version:  SVN
>   Severity:  normal   |    Keywords:
> ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
>
> Comment(by willimm):
>
>   Don't put this package in the book. See #2994 for why.
>
>   Please close this ticket!!!!
>
>    
William.  Drop it, please.  I read the license a week or so ago and your 
concerns are valid, however, they do not affect end users in so much as 
the worst MS can do is tell you to remove non-conforming libraries.  I'm 
not real familiar with C#, however, when I did read the license, I 
interpreted it that the burden of the all or none  compatibility is with 
the mono project itself.  If it really comes down to it, you can choose 
to skip the Microsoft provided bits (libraries?).  They are 'free to 
use' and are 'open source' but not free as in rights, you can't modify 
and redistribute.  If that were a valid argument, Sun's Java never could 
have been in the book either.  Fortunately, that is well on the way to a 
fix.

-- DJ Lucas


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