I agree. I'm sure that some of the developers and architechts of .NET at Microsoft feel some pride that their work is followed. Not least by a group so well lead a this. Ximian has shown extreme maturity in adopting a technology from across the 'Free Software' divide. They have certainly taken a lot of heat for doing so.
I'm only surprised that we haven't seen more participation in this list by Microsoft people. There's been much less interest (possibly 1/100th) on the 'Rotor' mailing lists. I'm sure there are some of you guys lurking out there somewhere...
Piers.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel & Emily [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] someone, please clear out that patents issue
>
>
> I don't understand all the legal crap. All I know is that
> mono is going to rock. Miguel and the gang - keep up the
> GREAT work!!!
>
> Gabriel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miguel de Icaza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Artur Brodowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] someone, please clear out that patents issue
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > > i'd like to ask someone from Mono headquarter ;) to
> clear out .Net
> > > patent issue. i've noticed that since info about Microsoft's
> > > application showed up, mono-list and mono-cvs-list fell
> silent all
> > > of the sudden. are the developers holding up their work?
> i hope that
> > > i'm not nagging, but is there any (sub)official Ximian's
> opinion on
> > > Mono's future? may we hear/read it?
> >
> > This does not change our plans. You can read the FAQ, and
> look at the
> > question of how we will deal with patents that can not be
> used by free
> > software.
> >
> > I personally did not want to get involved with the debate, because
> > most of it was from miss-informed opinions. The original ZDnet
> > article ahs a few quotes from people who looked at the caption and
> > made a blank statement, so there is nothing really new in the
> > discussion.
> >
> > Miguel.
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