Position about Mono

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 18:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: 
> 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
> 
Is there a simple way to transfer tomboy notes into gnote notes?
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