Jon Stanley on 06/29/2009 09:42 AM wrote: > However, I don't think there's anything to worry about here. The only > reason that we ship mono *at all* is that we're covered by some OIN > patents on it. I'm not sure which OIN patents those are, but > essentially if Microsoft wants to pick that fight, we'll play their > game. There is no benefit to Microsoft due to the "mutually assured > destruction" principle. >
The only way you'd see a lawsuit would be if a third party company had .NET patents. Microsoft doesn't fight you directly. They find a punching bag and use that instead. Eg. Microsoft picking a fight using SCO. Eg. Microsoft picking a fight with RH and JBoss using a small Texas software company. Etc. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
