Re: Evolution copyright assignment: Storm in a teacup



On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 15:28 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2004-08-09 at 14:42, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 06:42 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> > >    - (potential) requirement of C#/Mono
> > 
> > The current licensing state for Mono is even more problematic than
> > Evolution, since it has been confirmed that wanting to be able to make
> > proprietary derivates _is_ intentional.
> 
> The bigger problem there is patents and patent concerns, but can we
> keep that discussion seperate. Evolution right now doesn't seem to 
> need Mono and if it did then a fork can (and probably would) occur.

Indeed. What makes me very sad pales in comparison to the potential
defusing of the patent bomb!

Rui

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