Unix was originally all about not being... Multics. If Mono is to follow a similar nomenclature (just for the kicks), we have to talk about Mono's upcoming 'monopolization' and 'monarchy' in the next generation of the Unix programming land. Your see, if everything goes well, in 2 to 3 years most new Gnome user/desktop applications will be written --hopefully-- in Mono and C#. Update: Miguel deIcaza replies.
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I just found this:
http://www.go-mono.com/faq.html#patents
If I read it correctly, the only parts that would have problems are ASP.NET, ADO.NET and Windows.Forms.
So just using C# and gtk# would not be a problem? (you just wouldn't have the full .NET compatibilit/cross-platform)