[OT] Mono politics [was: Re: Compile Mono]

[Justin Gruenberg]

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Mario Vukelic
<mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> As I noted elsewhere in this thread, MS already claims (unsubstantiated)
> patent violations in the kernel. Furthermore, given the state of the US
> "IP" laws, there is probably scarcely any software that does not violate
> patents. Thus, as Linus has written, it is best to ignore them.
>
> What exactly is supposed to be different with mono?


They also haven't published a list of what parts of the kernel
infringe on their patents.  At this point, they're merely spreading
FUD.