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Mono Squeezed Into Debian Default Installation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-need-a-better-girdle dept.

pallmall1 writes "OS News reports that Debian developer Josselin Mouette got Tomboy accepted as a dependency for gnome in the next release of Debian (codenamed Squeeze). While that may seem like nothing big (except for the 50 MByte size of the Tomboy package), Tomboy requires Mono — meaning that Mono will now be installed by default. Apparently, Debian doesn't have the same concerns over using specifications patented by Microsoft and licensed under undisclosed terms that Red Hat does. Perhaps Debian doesn't believe that Microsoft might do something like Rambus did."

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  1. Yay First Post by nscott89 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I see Microsoft having a field day with this...

    1. Re:Yay First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I see stupid trolls... All the time!

  2. Fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    trollzors

  3. Re:Call Upon the ECMA Code of Conduct by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm removing my cock from your mom's ass as we speak.

  4. Re:Call Upon the ECMA Code of Conduct by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mm, I dunno, I think she needs it in there a little longer. She isn't hollerin' loud enough yet.

  5. Re:Mono is a gateway to cross-platform virii by ericrost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AFFECT, something affects something else. The way in which it affects it often leads to effects.

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    My Babylon