[Mono-list] About Mono License

[Andy Satori]

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If you contribute code to Mono, you know the license it is under, if=20
you have the 'GPL only' virus ^H^H^H^H^H religion ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H=20
disease ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H issue, then don't contribute your changes to the=20=

non GPL'ed portions of the code.  Otherwise contribute in good faith in=20=

the interests of promoting the community.  The core elements are dual=20
licensed, but a commercial / proprietary license is frequently required=20=

by vendors that might like to build upon the Mono code and Novell would=20=

be foolish to not bend to that where it is applicable.

Bear in mind these are the words of a developer that tries to=20
contribute, not those of anyone on the Mono core team and I am in no=20
way shape or form affiliated with Ximian or Novell, and this opinion is=20=

solely my own.

Andy

On Oct 19, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Manuel Alejandro Ceron Estrada wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was reading the Mono FAQ and I found this:
>
> "The Mono runtime and the Mono C# Compiler are also available under a=20=

> proprietary license for those who can not use the LGPL and the GPL in=20=

> their code."
>
> I have some questions about this:
>
> Mono been made by many voluntary developers in addition to those of=20
> Novell. Are those voluntary developers agree with a proprietary=20
> license?
>
> What if some contributor  wants to help in the Mono project, but does=20=

> not want to see his code under a proprietary license?
>
> There is conflict between the GPL and the propietary license?
>
> Of course, I'm talking about the Mono parts under GPL and LGPL (the C#=20=

> Compiler and the Runtime Library), not about the parts under MIT-X11=20=

> license
>
> Thanks,
>
> Manuel Alejandro Cer=F3n Estrada.
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