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

[Seth Johnson]

Yes, sorry, but I was browsing old messages last night.  I
think the problem of content control gets tiptoed around a
bit.  But I think that .Net is hanging its hat on the
prospect of establishing content control, so Microsoft can
sell its DRM OS, more than most anything else.

Seth Johnson


Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> > What statement are you folks refering to?  I can't
> > fins the previous messages.
> 
> The statement was something like Intel and HP being able to
> contribute to the Mono C# class libs only after the license of
> those libs was changed to a non-copyleft license.
> 
> (This was a response to a dicussion from long ago.)
> 
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.

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