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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Sep 2005 19:40 UTC, submitted by _LH_

The Mono guys got their software to run on Nokia's upcoming 770 Linux internet appliance. More here and a screenshot here.

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RE[2]: MONO license issue

by on Tue 20th Sep 2005 21:59 UTC in reply to "RE: MONO license issue"

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>There was never a problem with the license, all of Mono
>is licensed unter the terms of the GPL, LGPL and
>MIT-License. All three are great Free Software licenses.

Well how about the licensing terms for all the patent-pending Microsoft IP in Mono? Have those terms been ironed out?

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RE[3]: MONO license issue

by rm6990 on Wed 21st Sep 2005 00:47 in reply to "RE[2]: MONO license issue"

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Well how about the licensing terms for all the patent-pending Microsoft IP in Mono? Have those terms been ironed out?

Dear lord, here we go again. An article about Mono on the 770 and all anyone can think about is MS patents.

Funny how it is almost always anonymous people who bring up this "problem" (one that exists for EVERY OS project, not just Mono btw).

I think OSNews should simply ban anonymous comments...I bet the comment section would be more enjoyable afterwards. Although there are some insightful anon. posts, but for the most part, anon posters are trolls.

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RE[4]: MONO license issue

by on Wed 21st Sep 2005 00:57 in reply to "RE[3]: MONO license issue"

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>I think OSNews should simply ban anonymous comments...

Or, as an alternative to censorship, perhaps someone at Novell could addresses the licensing issues.

This has the advantage of also making Mono safe for use.

Your plan just sets developer's up to be used by Microsoft.

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