06.02.08
Fedora Forbids Moonlight
What about Mono?
From the Fedora Wiki, under “Forbidden Items”:
There are serious concerns about Moonlight, due to Microsoft and Novell’s public statements around its inclusion in their “covenant”. In addition to that Groklaw has [posted] a FAQ from Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) on the issues with this patent “covenant”. Accordingly, this technology (with, or without codecs), is considered too risky, and is not acceptable for inclusion in Fedora.
There is also an ongoing discussion about Mono, which you can find here (index). Fedora currently has Novell’s Mono in it. █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.
Victor Soliz said,
June 2, 2008 at 8:15 am
Hmnn, “proof by red hat” is no more.