Verily I say unto thee, that Tom "spot" Callaway spake thusly: > On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 03:28 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: >> Why are you still shipping Mono? > > Apologies in advance, I cannot be overly specific about legal issues. > Red Hat (and I) are aware of your concerns around mono, and after > discussing this in depth with Red Hat Legal, we have no immediate > plans to remove mono from Fedora. Thanks Tom. IANAL either, but AFAICT there is no real threat of litigation. The "threat" is more in terms of manipulation (a la Novell, Linspire, etc.) My fear is that Microsoft will wait until their IP is firmly established in Free Software, then use that as leverage to coerce "deals" that both suppresses Free Software and fortifies Microsoft's monopoly. Their patents may well be completely indefensible for all the difference it makes to that agenda. Other distros have already conceded without any legal intervention. This tactic also brings mindshare to their platform at our expense (brain drain), since their technology indoctrinates the Windows paradigm (both technically and philosophically). It's hard to convict a criminal who has not yet committed the crime, but I'm ever hopeful of successfully forewarning the prospective victims. I'll move this to the appropriate list and RMS directly. -- Regards, Keith G. Robertson-Turner -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
