Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Jun 2009 17:11 UTC
Last week we talked about whether or not the Debian project would include Mono in its default GNOME installation. This incited some heavy debate on OSNews, but sadly, the Mono debate also lead to some very nasty blog posts in the Debian community. Time for damage control, Debian project leader Steve McIntyre must've thought.
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RE[7]: Show me the license
by vivainio on Wed 17th Jun 2009 09:59
in reply to "RE[6]: Show me the license"
Member since:2008-12-26
It's exactly what makes mono special - because mono is something we're basing future software on. That is, if there are ever any issues with mono, then all the dependent applications will be in trouble too. Much *unlike* wine and samba, which are mere applications.
From http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.
It's not very surprising that there are people who don't want that to happen (putting all your eggs to a basket that *may be* in a hands of someone that wants those eggs broken)
RE[7]: Show me the license
by david g on Wed 17th Jun 2009 19:23
in reply to "RE[6]: Show me the license"
Member since:2005-07-08
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2005-07-06
It's exactly what makes mono special - because mono is something we're basing future software on. That is, if there are ever any issues with mono, then all the dependent applications will be in trouble too. Much *unlike* wine and samba, which are mere applications.
Edited 2009-06-17 08:54 UTC