> Ok, you may be right, but the big question is WHO > has the right to say "HEY, > the mono class lib has problems with it's own > compiler." Everyone has the right to say what is true and needs to be pointed out.
The protectors of the GPL, the FSF also make statements about the usage rights of programs under the GPL, even if the are not the copyright holders of each project. As far as I can read from the press release, the FSF is sponsoring the MONO project. http://www.gnu.org/press/2001-07-09-DotGNU-Mono.html Ximian is leading the project the statement says, so I would guess that Ximian will have to address the issue raised, but I would say that anyone can raise a valid point. As I pointed out in my original post, I am only speaking my mind on an area that I have thought alot about. > > _Only_ Ximian, or not? (I'm not sure there, but I > hope I'm right) > Theay have copyrights and things like that. Anyone can modify and use according to the GPL and LGPL, that is the nature of the License. I am not a lawyer, but if you have a gaping hole in your licensing scheme, and try an limit people from saying "HEY, the mono class lib has problems with it's own compiler." then you are putting your priorities all wrong. You should thinking about stopping your well funded and ruthless competition from taking what was created as a free software for the public good and turning it into a private money maker for the elite few. That is very well what can happen to you work if you just ignore the issue. In my personal and humble opinion, It is the duty of an author of GPLed software to protect his/her software from abuse by third parties and to reduce the ability of non-free software to be able to find tricks on how to go around the GPL. That is why I have taken the introspector-GCC off the public distribution, to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Maybe the FSF can address the licensing issues in a newer version of the GPL. Best regards, Mike ===== James Michael DuPont __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
