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List:       mono-list
Subject:    Re: [Mono-list] Mono licence
From:       Nick Loeve <mono () trickie ! org>
Date:       2005-03-20 0:47:39
Message-ID: 423CC82B.7090002 () trickie ! org
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Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>The licensing info is right on the web site
>>http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Licensing
> 
> 
> Soooooo, we're all basically entrusting a company which has been proven
> to lie and deceive not to turn the knife.
> 
> Just because there is something verbal to EMCA does not a legal waiver
> make. As it stands, until there is a written waiver in the hands of
> Novell from MS, the code cannot be legally released under the GPL as it
> infringes on the held and provable patents of another company.
> 
> Unless I've missed something that is.
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul
> 
> P.S. The reason for this line of enquiry is I'm trying to get Mono
> adopted into Fedora Core extras. Until the patent/GPL issue is sorted,
> it can't and I'd hazard a guess, can't be included into Debian or the
> other distros under the terms of the GPL.


http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/mono

It is in Debian unstable.

Cheers
Nick Loeve
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