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Ximian to Change License for Mono

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the winds-of-change dept.

A Commentor writes: "According to news.com Ximian is changing the license to Mono from GPL to a variant of the XFree license. Apparently this is due to a partnership with Intel." Update: 01/28 15:03 GMT by T : There's a story at NewsForge as well, where RMS weighs in firsthand on the license choice.

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  1. I hate to say this, but by tulare · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    I need to waste a little karma. So here goes:
    1. All your code module licensing are belong to us!
    Whew.
    Actually, since they are changing the licensing for their modules only to the XFree86 license and not the entire Mono, I don't think we will see too much trouble. Besides, it's not like the X license is all that bad now, is it?
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  2. /. moderators are getting stupider... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    What idiots mismoderated this "Insightful"?

    It's INFORMATIVE, dammit! Maybe even "Interesting", if you swing that way, but "Insightful"?

    Apparently some moderators wouldn't know "Insightful" if it bit them in the ass!

    /rant