All GPLed Code Removed From MonoDevelop

rysiek writes "A few days ago, Miguel de Icaza wrote on his blog that the whole of MonoDevelop is now 'free' of GPL-licensed code. 'MonoDevelop code is now LGPLv2 and MIT X11 licensed. We have removed all of the GPL code, allowing addins to use Apache, MS-PL code as well as allowing proprietary add-ins to be used with MonoDevelop (like RemObject's Oxygene).'"

Comments

Use java instead

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, now I'm even less like to use mono. Miquel is a cossack cock. Remember folks, Java is now GPL. Support free software, use java not infectious microsoft crap.

Re:False dichotomy

[Aladrin]

And yet, you continue to whine about it. Like it or not, it -is- viral. And these people -have- chosen not to use it, just like you suggest. And here you are whining about them actually taking the very same action you recommend.

The fact that many projects wouldn't exist without GPL has absolutely nothing to do with this project. It would exist either way.

Stinky Europeans

[Anonymous Coward]

Europeans stink. They stink stink stink. Stinky stinky stink. Smelly euro-trash Euros.

Whining little babies.

[hackus]

You know I get sort of sick of hearing about how the GPL should be more business friendly.

The internet was basically built on the GPL, and most of the code that makes it go was built using the GPL.

Don't like what the GPL has done or has to offer?

Why don't you try and imagine a internet only built for the highest paid players for a moment?

Yeah I sort of though so, so stop your whining corporate America and just be HAPPY most of us GPL authors don't organize and actually make you play by your own rules.

For one thing, making you pay for all of our code you are secretly using for free. Slightly hypocritical, yeah, but that is how business is. It is only business if you can rip someone off in a "unresticted" manner.

That is completely OK.

I for one have had enough of the whining about the GPL and how restrictive it is.

It seems to me, its only restrictions is you can't rip people off.

-Hack

Re:I think it's funny

[Anonymous Coward]

fuck you miguel

Re:Good.

[postmortem]

I think you need to work 'little' more to understand why it is actually the other way around. And to get it why Java is more successful than C#.

Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof

[Anonymous Coward]

I wouldn't be surprised as Microsoft's investment in astroturfing increases that more and more pressure to not be GPL will come up.

Everybody knows De Icaza is a MS shill.

Re:Good.

[xtracto]

I think you need to work 'little' more to understand why it is actually the other way around. And to get it why Java is more successful than C#.

I thought exactly the same, 1.5 years of working with a language?

Two years in the school does not count because you did not need to clean and correct your shitty program after it stops working in the production servers.

Re:Does anyone really use it?

[Visual Echo]

but does anyone use MonoDevelop?

It runs like crap. Click in the wrong place and it crashes.

and frankly if you're using Mono you're probably an MS guy who wants his stuff to work on linux rather than a *nix dev anyway. Aren't you?

I want it to work. Period. I'm a computer guy, I don't define or limit myself to Microsoft, Linux, or embedded 68HC11A, I just want a managed language that works. Shove your bigotry.