Mono and Samba: smell the difference, says Allison
Samba and Mono differ in the ways the two projects have chosen to deal with software patents in the implementation, according to renowned Samba developer Jeremy Allison.
In a long blog post, Allison also said that the Samba project had a differing view of software freedom, taking the view that all should have the same rights.
His post has apparently been prompted by the amount of media that Mono, a partial implementation of a .NET-compatible set of tools, has received, and ill-informed comparisons of Mono to Samba, with some even claiming that Samba may be more open to patent claims than Mono.
