The FSF warns (again) against Mono
The FSF warns (again) against Mono
The Free Software Foundation has put out a release stating that Microsoft's
"Community Promise" is not sufficient, and that free software developers
should still avoid mono. "The Community Promise only extends to claims in Microsoft patents that
are *necessary* to implement the covered specifications. Judging just
by the size of its patent portfolio, it's likely that Microsoft holds
patents which a complete standard implementation probably infringes
even if it's not strictly necessary--maybe the patent covers a
straightforward speed optimization, or some common way of performing
some task. The Community Promise doesn't say anything about these
patents, and so Microsoft can still use them to threaten standard
implementations.
"