Re: http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono

[Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad users sourceforge net>]

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Simo Sorce wrote:
> People, why don't you all stop playing lawyer and wait that some lawyer
> actually comment on the promise?
>
> I guess some organization like the SFLC might be willing to comment if
> there is enough demand (and maybe they are already working on that).

Um... really? You mean they haven't, already?

GIYF:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=sflc+microsoft+patent+promise

(Granted, much of that is about OOXML, but it seems to be referring to 
the same OSP, and even so, given the opinion on how poorly OOXML is 
covered, I doubt M$ would do anything to make the Mono/C#/CLI situation 
appreciably better.)

Oh, and drago01:
> I doubt that any lawyer would interprets it the way [Riu does].

I don't about exact agreement with Riu's specific arguments, but they 
sure don't seem to share /your/ comfort level.

Next time, either check that 5 seconds of googling doesn't make you look 
like you don't know what you are talking about, or else point out why 
said googling does not invalidate your point :-).

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