Re: [DotGNU]Open Source's Dot-Net Less Open

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Bill Lance wrote:

> <sigh>   ... let the flame wars begin  :(
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50037,00.html

And why, exactly, does LGPL present a problem for corporations wanting to 
contribute? Adding code and only providing a binary is not contribution to the 
project. If corporations truly want to help the Mono project (or any free 
software project, for that matter), they can (L)GPL their code like any decent 
contributor.

"Making it easier for corporations" is certainly no excuse. This will give 
Microsoft a large code base with the advantages of free software when they 
release their own GNU/Linux .NET implementation. So people who only care about 
'freedom as in price' will shut down the Mono project, the project with a 
death-wish.

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lp1 on fire
        -- One of the more obfuscated kernel messages