Hi,
I always respected Miguel de Icaza's judgment and he always has a good
and sane point of view.
I am a little troubled about the recent announcement, about the
Novell/Microsoft agreement.
Didn't Miguel de Icaza assured us that Mono was safe, that there are no
known patents that Mono infring
My brain still hurts on this whole thing.
Here is what I'd _like_ to think :
Microsoft isn't saying it will sue anyone over infringement, but its not
saying (to everyone) its not. The "possibility" is enough for "corporate
suits" to consider keeping Linux out of the server room (in some
businesse
> My brain still hurts on this whole thing.
>
> Here is what I'd _like_ to think :
>
> Microsoft isn't saying it will sue anyone over infringement, but its not
> saying (to everyone) its not. The "possibility" is enough for "corporate
> suits" to consider keeping Linux out of the server room (in
Don't feed the trolls:
http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-list/2005-September/028775.html
Robert
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On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 23:12 +0200, Alexandru Nedelcu wrote:
> Didn't Miguel de Icaza assured us that Mono was safe, that there are no
> known patents that Mono infringes, that .NET is an ECMA
> standard, that even if Mono infringes on some patents then the Open
> Inventions Network will protect i
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 20:26 -0600, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> Forgive me for being naive, but regardless of the IP status of Mono,
> or any of the Novell products, how on earth does the legality of their
> product come under the realm of my responsibility, to where I can be
> held liable for using
Hello,
You have some valid questions, and I have followed up to some of the
concerns similar to this one on my blog:
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2006/Nov-04.html
In addition, Jonathan Pryor has a good entry that explores the issue in
more detail than I have done, and also is a good p
>> My brain still hurts on this whole thing.
>> Here is what I'd _like_ to think :
>> Microsoft isn't saying it will sue anyone over infringement, but its not
>> saying (to everyone) its not. The "possibility" is enough for "corporate
>> suits" to consider keeping Linux out of the server room (in s
Hello,
> And here is the reality
>
> Try and find Corel Linux. You won't. Now find out why and you'll see
> something very unpleasant. Getting into bed with the devil is a sure way
> to get the wobbly dangly bits of your anatomy well and truly burned.
The story of Corel Linux is much more compli
Hello,
> >> VP's to say - Put in Linux now, I feel totally safe with it.
> >> Having said that - what happens in 5 years? [big question mark here]
>
> What happens in 5 years? Who the heck knows.
This is a common practice, it basically means that the companies
renegotiate the terms at that poin
Yes, thanks.This announcement generated a lot of negative feelings towards Novell.It has everything to do with Microsoft still being the main threat to our ecosystem.Anyway, time will tell if this partnership was good or bad for the open-source landscape.
I am sorry I posted this topic here ... man
To answer my own question ... on second thought ... such a list would
not be recommended.
Not to mention the number of trolls it would attract (like me).
Sorry ... stupid idea.
... I'll get back to hacking now :)
Alex Nedelcu wrote:
> I am sorry I posted this topic here ... many developers don'
Thank you for your lightening quick response to my private request.
I am extraordinary glad to find that you are nice hacker :-)
Atsushi Eno
Alexandru Nedelcu wrote:
> To answer my own question ... on second thought ... such a list would
> not be recommended.
> Not to mention the number of troll
On Nov 4, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Pryor wrote:*Where* did Novell admit anything similar to this? To paraphrase theSCO case, provide file & line numbers for confirmation. :-)Microsoft & Novell only appear to have signed a statement saying thatneither company will sue the other companies customer
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