[Mono-list] Problem with Encoding.Default

[Daniel Morgan]

Portable.NET and Mono have not been merged.

The Portable.NET developers contributed the encoding stuff to Mono.  Since
the Portable.NET developers are the copyright holders, they have the sole
right to relicense their code as they see fit.

This is called cooperation -- not a merger.

Moreover, it is fine that the encoding stuff has been relicensed from GPL to
X11/MIT.

-----Original Message-----
From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com]On
Behalf Of Zaphod
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Carlos Guzmán Álvarez
Cc: mono-list@ximian.com
Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Problem with Encoding.Default


On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 09:45:08AM +0100, Carlos Guzmán Álvarez wrote:
> I´m having problems with default encoding with mono on linux
> if i make this Encoding.Default.GetByteCount("localhost.localdomain")
> with mono on linux returns 24 and with ms .net on Windows returns 21.
>
> I´m not sure if this is a problem of mono cvs sources or a problem
> withmy mono installation can anybody try it with mono on linux please??

I tried looking at the source code and found that it belonged to .GNU

 * Copyright (c) 2001, 2002  Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd

So it's not a mono bug ... it's a .GNU bug .. ;-)

In fact it was exactly the same code except that it was in X11 license
while the .GNU code was GPL'd .... How can this license switch be possible
?.
Have the 2 projects merged ? ...

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