Re: [DotGNU]Open Source's Dot-Net Less Open

[Seth Johnson]

I think the likelihood is much more to do with content
control schemes, that Mono probably doesn't have wind of
yet.

Seth Johnson

Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> The only explanation for this statement which I can see is
> that the corporations in question are afraid of the possibility
> of some kind of retaliation from Microsoft against companies
> which contribute to the Mono libraries under GPL.  If the
> library is not copylefted anymore, then maybe Microsoft does
> not see it as a threat anymore, and the managements of those
> corporations would not be concerned about the possibility of
> retaliation from Microsoft.  This would clearly make the
> decision to contribute easier.