Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/08/2009 03:43 AM, Luis Villa wrote: > > Sure, though of course we know they've gone around suing using > companies before, so if I were a company-based contributor to Fedora > (or a mirror) I'd be a bit twitchy. Then, it would be up to the company to consider joining OIN. You don't have to

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On 07/07/2009 05:52 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >> So what coverage/license/protection do I, as a Fedora contributor but >> not a RH employee, get? > > You, individually? Probably none, Just checking. ;) > although the likelyhood of Microsoft

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Tom "spot" Callaway
On 07/07/2009 05:52 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > So what coverage/license/protection do I, as a Fedora contributor but > not a RH employee, get? You, individually? Probably none, although the likelyhood of Microsoft suing you, individually is very very very very very very low, since you are giving cont

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On 07/07/2009 03:44 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway >>> wrote: On 07/07/2009 08:32 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > Just to make sur

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On 07/07/2009 03:39 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >> OIN is 'if they shoot first, we'll take them down with us, so they >> probably won't shoot first.' MCP at least purports to be an >> enforceable 'we won't shoot' promise. The second is certainl

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Tom "spot" Callaway
On 07/07/2009 03:44 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Luis Villa wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway >> wrote: >>> On 07/07/2009 08:32 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: Just to make sure it's seen by the legal-minded, fwiw: http://port25.technet.

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Tom "spot" Callaway
On 07/07/2009 03:39 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > OIN is 'if they shoot first, we'll take them down with us, so they > probably won't shoot first.' MCP at least purports to be an > enforceable 'we won't shoot' promise. The second is certainly a better > and substantially different situation to be in, if

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway > wrote: >> On 07/07/2009 08:32 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >>> Just to make sure it's seen by the legal-minded, fwiw: >>> http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-ecma-c-and-cli-standar

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On 07/07/2009 08:32 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> Just to make sure it's seen by the legal-minded, fwiw: >> http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-ecma-c-and-cli-standards.aspx >> >> Doesn't have anything to do with our recent

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Tom "spot" Callaway
On 07/07/2009 08:32 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > Just to make sure it's seen by the legal-minded, fwiw: > http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-ecma-c-and-cli-standards.aspx > > Doesn't have anything to do with our recent move of Tomboy -> Gnote > for the Live CD, but worth noting for o

[Fedora-legal-list] Mono update

2009-07-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
Just to make sure it's seen by the legal-minded, fwiw: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/07/06/the-ecma-c-and-cli-standards.aspx Doesn't have anything to do with our recent move of Tomboy -> Gnote for the Live CD, but worth noting for overall packaging and background. -- Paul W. Frields