The FSF speaks again on Mono, to include the Community Promise issue, and renders a verdict: The “promise is full of loopholes, and it’s nowhere near enough to make C# safe.”
Posts Tagged patents
Ever since Google announced ChromeOS there has been a lot of “monopoly” talk around Google.
Let me show you what I consider one of the most destructive and dishonest defenses to come out the mono camp: On Software Patents.
Linux Patents is a new blog started to “to shed light into which patents Linux infringes, which technologies to avoid and hopefully to help raise awareness of the patent problem and try to create a patent free Linux system.”
Jo Shields is an active mono apologist, especially in the Ubuntu community. Often, after he posts something on his blog, the talking points go endlessly around the Ubuntu Forums and related sites. Take for example, his brilliantly argued ZOMG! TEH PATENTZ!
Settle up
Jul 4
Bruce Byfield has a long article on the mono debate. Mr. Byfield has written on mono before, and while I don’t agree with everything he writes, he doesn’t simply parrot press releases and is worth reading. Since this is a long piece, I suggest reading it first, and I’ll just raise a few points of [...]
Aggresive Perfector
Jul 2
A common argument you’ll hear from mono apologists: “Microsoft doesn’t use patents aggressively”. Let’s take a look at that for a second.
