--- Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unfortunately for you, flames have a funny way of > > burning down bridges, so I really doubt you will > be > > getting more information from _anyone_ here. > > I hope not, because I still want to use Mono, and I > really hope that > *someone* comes up with an answer to Andy's valid > question, which is: > > "Where's the authoritative statement which says that > Microsoft will > continue to license the ECMA technologies > *royalty-free*, as opposed to > just RAND, and how legally binding is that > statement?" >
I guess it goes without saying that I do not speak in behalf of anyone but myself. So as far as when I said that I "doubt Andy would be getting any more info from anyone else" I was really out of line there. In Andy's flame to Miguel the first thing he implied was that he was angry and that he was leaving the mailing list, but now in his latest email he has appologized for stepping over the line. So as far as I am concerned the whole thing is just water under the bridge now. I would like to encourage Andy not to feel bad, to continue using Mono, and to continue to voice his opinions and idea's on the mono-list. I only object to flaming hardworking developers who take time out of their busy schedule to asnwer email on a public mailing list. I dont care what the subject is, that is just bad taste. Dont get me wrong, I totally agree that hard questions _need_ to be asked and I think its a good thing when people are BOLD enough to ask them. But I also think that when people start demanding ultimate and completely binding answers to difficult questions that they are going a bit to far. Ask your questions, wait for answers, and if your not totally satisfied with the answers that you get (or the emperical evidence that backs up the answers) then you are free to walk away. Nobody is putting a gun to your head demanding that you use Mono and like it. But I really hope no one leaves over this, and Im sorry if any of my comments push people away. Im really looking forward to this legal review, and I think that all this will become a total non-issue after the legal review is complete. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list