L'utilité de Gnote est de remplacer un logiciel dépendant d'une implémentation de .net dont l'existence est en péril:
The danger is that Microsoft is probably planning to force all free C# implementations underground some day using software patents.
(...)
The problem is not in the C# implementations, but rather in Tomboy and other applications written in C#. If we lose the use of C#, we will lose them too. That doesn't make them unethical, but it means that writing them and using them is taking a gratuitous risk.
[^] # Re: Microsoft va-t-il LIBÉRER .net ?
Posté par Amine "nh2" Brikci-Nigassa (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Tomboy vs Gnote. Évalué à 1.
The danger is that Microsoft is probably planning to force all free C# implementations underground some day using software patents.
(...)
The problem is not in the C# implementations, but rather in Tomboy and other applications written in C#. If we lose the use of C#, we will lose them too. That doesn't make them unethical, but it means that writing them and using them is taking a gratuitous risk.
http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono
Si .net devient un logiciel libre, le problème ne se posera plus !
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