[Mono-devel-list] Some legal concerns...

[Jonathan Pryor]

Parts of my answer are in the FAQ already.  Mostly the part about how
.NET compatibility isn't essential, and that patents can't stop us from
developing the JIT/runtime, and developing & using wrapper libraries and
new libraries that fall outside of .NET.

The long (rantish?) sections about time travel, Microsoft's lawsuit
behavior, and the rest of the world's views on patents are not in the
FAQ (IIRC).  I'm not sure they should be, either, though it would be
wise to keep track of any patent legislation occurring in your country,
so that the USA patent insanity doesn't spread.

As for the replies, there was only one private reply, by Tom Shelton,
and he sent an improved version to the list already.

 - Jon

On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 07:31, Mono-Dev-List wrote:
> Could we see the replies?
> 
> Perhaps this should go on the FAQ to stop the FUD that usually gets
> written about MONO.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 21:03, Tom Shelton wrote:
> > Darn!  I must have sent my earlier reply directly to Jonathan...  Sorry.  I
> > intended it to go to the list, but I wasn't paying attention :)
> > 
> > I first like to thank both Jonathan and Miguel for their excellent replies.
> > It wasn't really for my self that I asked these questions, since I am fairly
> > confident that Mono has a rather bright future.  It was more for the company
> > I work for and for potential clients, who may have concerns.
> > 
> > I will continue to evaluate Mono.  I am currently working on a project using
> > Mono, parts of which maybe of use to other's when completed.  Currently, I'm
> > developing a wrapper for curses - so maybe that will be useful once
> > completed :)
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mono-devel-list-admin at lists.ximian.com
> > [mailto:mono-devel-list-admin at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Miguel de Icaza
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:49 AM
> > To: Jonathan Pryor
> > Cc: Tom Shelton; Mono Development List
> > Subject: Re: [Mono-devel-list] Some legal concerns...
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> >    As always, Jonathan has written a beautiful response that is much
> > better than mine ;-)
> > 
> >    I was delighted to read it.
> > 
> > Miguel
> > 
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