That's not the right question, for patent issues the right question is: Which is greater? (Reward) Functionality provided by including software package by default. (Risk) Possible costs (FUD and monetary) from patent issues.
I think the Reward < Risk for Mono, due to the majority of functionality already being provided. Furthermore, I don't think helping Microsoft increase the use of a language they effectively control is a good thing. I encourage you to read my specification ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/No-Mono-by-Default). Ignore patent issues for now, as we are obviously not coming to a consensus on that subject. The gThumb removal surprised me as I have been watching ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReducingDuplication) and did not see any discussion on which to remove. Thank You, Bryan Quigley On Jan 17, 2008 3:05 AM, Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 18:28 -0500, David A. Harding wrote: > > F-Spot is inefficent > > and may violate Microsoft's patents. > > > > Ubuntu users deserve beautiful things and they don't deserve to have > > them taken away because we ignored potential patent violations > > According to MS, the Linux kernel violates many of their patents. Should > we remove the kernel, too? > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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