-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le October 18, 2002 02:41 pm, Stephen Compall a �crit: / On October 18, 2002 02:41 pm, Stephen Compall wrote: > Matt Liotta wrote: > > The bad part is "is precisely so that others will be able to > > > >>create their own commercial CLI implementations.". The word commercial > >> here > > > > is probably meaning non-GPL type of license even if you were going to > > release a GPL Commercial version they would probably refuse to let you > > have the rights to their patents... Why not send a request to Microsoft > > for that royalty free patent ;-) > > Well, the real problem IMHO is not getting the license from Microsoft, > but others getting the license from you: > > --quote-- > Sub-licensing prohibition: "This means someone else can't come along > and license the patent or transfer the license we issued to them to > someone else," Herman said. > --endquote-- > > The original article > <http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2887217,00.htm >l> (for those who've lost it :) hits the issue correctly: it's outrageous > (to mix prefixes). Almost like they *want* the communities to switch to > non-copyleft licensing....
Actually, this really looks like a open pgp/gpg stuff, develop it inside a no-laws country then release without licenses issues ;-) Just make sure not getting caught using it which would be hard to prove as the CLI is not visible. - -- Yannick Koehler -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9sGGbfuKOJNEyL1URApMUAKCixx7jAN56wplKcp/IDpMkoGwQrwCfcPW7 kmwfmRKUHbu9KLYCkzRmJeA= =6L2I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
