Is there any contingency plans in place, for a worst case scenario if C#, is lost? FesCo? Legal?
Is there any searchable parameter, to work out what something is coded in\depending on (code wise)
This is not the normal "**** mono" post. I hope, I worded it enough, that my concern is: Fedora and *All* our Users (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview#What_is_Fedora.3F)
Frank
Is there any searchable parameter, to work out what something is coded in\depending on (code wise)
I suppose you can look for packages depending on mono-core.
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This is not the normal "**** mono" post. I hope, I worded it enough, that my concern is: Fedora and *All* our Users (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview#What_is_Fedora.3F)
Frank
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Frank Murphyfrankly3d@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any contingency plans in place, for a worst case scenario if C#, is lost? FesCo?
As Ajax said, the contingency plan would be "nuke from orbit", just as it is for any legally objectionable software in Fedora.
However, I don't think there's anything to worry about here. The only reason that we ship mono *at all* is that we're covered by some OIN patents on it. I'm not sure which OIN patents those are, but essentially if Microsoft wants to pick that fight, we'll play their game. There is no benefit to Microsoft due to the "mutually assured destruction" principle.
Jon Stanley (jonstanley@gmail.com) said:
However, I don't think there's anything to worry about here. The only reason that we ship mono *at all* is that we're covered by some OIN patents on it. I'm not sure which OIN patents those are, but essentially if Microsoft wants to pick that fight,
... it's not OIN patents, it's that mono is in the OIN list of protected packages. Just clarifying.
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