Whoop.

Whoop.

Posted Aug 8, 2003 1:08 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
In reply to: Whoop. by jonabbey
Parent article: Sun pragmatic about open-source software (News.com)

yes, and after pressure from HP and Intel, Ximian changed the license to X style (noncopyleft).

So any company can take the Mono classes/librarys, extend them and not give their improvements back to the community. Anyone who doesn't share is at an advantage. All code from the Mono crew can be taken away and there's nothing to require others to contribute back.

I can't understand this move at all. The LGPL allows for proprietary linking, why not use it?

Ciaran O'Riordan

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