kendell clark via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > hi > > I took a brief look at powershell today when I found out it had been > open sourced. I looked at some of the c# source code files and they all > read that they're licensed under the apache license, version 2.0. I > haven't read that thing, it's probably full of legalese I wouldn't > understand, but I bet it's probably lax on the patent front or microsoft > wouldn't have chosen it. So we could, theoretically, get into trouble > packaging it for arch, although I don't think it's likely. Of course I > am not a lawyer or a programmer, this is just my two scents. AFAIU the Apache license is actually rather strict with patents: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/187958/apache-license-and-patents#187961 /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0x927912051716CE39 email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus $my_args = shift; system("gcc $my_args"); print "I prefer C\n"; — Robert Dieterich's contribution to the 2004 Perl Haiku Contest, Haikus in Perl - 'Dishonerable Mention' winner
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