On 06/29/2009 10:42 AM, Jon Stanley wrote:
As Ajax said, the contingency plan would be "nuke from orbit", just as it is for any legally objectionable software in Fedora.
I'm not sure what the time horizon is between Fedora Legal DEFCON levels, but the mono project's retreat plan is to invent-around, then break compatibility as needed (with mounting prior-art challenges as a follow-up). So one might conceivably see a more pure mono emerge shortly after such a challenge.
At least for the libraries.
Microsoft claims certain of its patents are _essential_ to implement C# and the CLI (mono links to a letter from Jim [mumble] from Microsoft in their FAQ).
OSNews is currently attempting to engage Microsoft in learning the terms of their RAND license under ECMA rules. Last I checked they were 30 days in with no response.
-Bill (writing as somebody who hasn't ruled out hacking up a 'Conflicts: mono' bogon RPM, for insurance purposes)