Position about Mono

[davide]

Il Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:39:31 +0530, Rahul Sundaram ha scritto:

> On 10/12/2009 04:49 PM, davide wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> I would like to know the RedHat's postion (and Fedora's -if different-)
>> about Mono.
>> I don't want to start a flame. I'm asking because I've read in some
>> blogs (sorry, lost pointers) that Fedora wish to stay Mono-free, and
>> someone shows the gnote as tomboy replacement as a proof.
>> 
>> I tried to look for Mono-policy and discussion in Fedora wiki, but not
>> luck.
> 
> There isn't any official Fedora legal policy that is specific to Mono.
> Fedora legal policies are not language or runtime specific. I can't
> speak for Red Hat (or RHEL) but Fedora has accepted Mono (due to OIN
> which you can read more about at
> http://gregdek.livejournal.com/4008.html) and Mono applications are
> available in the repository and I don't see that changing.
> 
> I am the Gnote maintainer in Fedora and Fedora replaced Tomboy with
> Gnote as the default note taking application in GNOME due to space
> constrains in the Live CD. F-spot (A mono application) is still
> installed by default if you use the Fedora DVD image.  I discussed these
> false rumours in more detail at
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-June/
thread.html#00158
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Rahul

Thank you Rahul and thank you Julian.
I just wanted to know because I really like some Mono applications. I 
just wanted to be sure they will always get the needed care as today.

Thank you.

d.