[Mono-list] any comments out there about this article

Huss, John J. John.Huss@AGG.com
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:51:12 -0400


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>>About the license problem,

>>it seems quite obvious that GPL propagation is not feasible for mono, as
it
>>would contaminate software being run on top of it. We have to find a non
>>propagating open source license, which would be by the way ok with
>>Microsoft.

Why not use the "wxWindows" licence (wxwindows.org)?  It is pretty much LGPL
with something 
permitting unrestricted distibution of binaries which link to its library. 

--John Huss 

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt;&gt;About the license problem,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt;&gt;it seems quite obvious that GPL propagation is not feasible for mono, as it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt;&gt;would contaminate software being run on top of it. We have to find a non</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt;&gt;propagating open source license, which would be by the way ok with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt;&gt;Microsoft.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Why not use the &quot;wxWindows&quot; licence (wxwindows.org)?&nbsp; It is pretty much LGPL with something </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>permitting unrestricted distibution of binaries which link to its library. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--John Huss </FONT>
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