"That's exactly what it has done in the case of Mono, with its statement last week that it would be permitting developers to use C# and the common language infrastructure under its community promise.
"The move is clever - it defuses one argument that has been going on for some time: is it okay to include applications like Tomboy and F-Spot by default in GNU/Linux installations?
"People have now started to believe that there is no danger from any patent problems associated with Mono if one includes these applications and others too."
