Sandip Bhattacharya said on Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:18:19PM +0530,:
The point of contention which has been between the Mono project and the FSF was probably about the windows compatibility stack. Miguel wanted the windows compatibility stack to provide a migration path to Linux, while FSF folks didnt want any possibly patent encumbered or proprietary part to be developed and called Free.
I am not very sure what exactly transpired between FSF and Miguel, but here are few useful links.
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2002-November/msg00100.html http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2002-November/msg00089.html
Quote:-
``So I would be interested in knowing what you have in mind as a way to improve the connection, *other* than the `GNU/Linux' vs `Linux' debate, which myself and most others in the current board are tired of.
http://slashdot.org/interviews/00/04/03/2344211.shtml Quote:-
``... In the beginning I thought "We need a desktop for free systems", now I think "We need the perfect user interface for end users to use on a free system". Achieving the best user/computer interface is a goal that many of us share.''
(lots of tech info in there, so read it for the tech info too)
Have a nice time.