Clarified details regarding non-LGPL use to specify both Mono and Moonlight

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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For comments, corrections and updates, please contact mono@novell.com
        Contributions for other modules should be under the same license
        terms as the rest of the module, or under MIT X11 terms. 
 
-       If you ned further information, please contact mono@novell.com
+       If you need further information, please contact mono@novell.com
 
 * The Modules
 
@@ -30,10 +30,21 @@ For comments, corrections and updates, please contact mono@novell.com
 
        This code is dual licensed under the LGPL or commercial licenses. 
 
-       The LGPL ensures that Mono can be used in most scenarios, but 
-       gives Novell the flexibility to relicense the code for embedded
-       systems or commercial settings where the LGPL can not be used. 
-
+       The LGPL ensures that Mono can be used in most scenarios, but
+       gives Novell the flexibility to relicense the code for
+       embedded systems, static linking or commercial settings where
+       the LGPL can not be used.
+
+       We consider non-LGPL use instances where you use this on an
+       embedded system where the end user is not able to upgrade the
+       Mono VM or Moonlight installation or distribution that is part
+       of your product (Section 6 and 7), you would have to obtain a
+       commercial license from Novell (consider software burned into
+       a ROM, systems where end users would not be able to upgrade,
+       an embedded console, a game console that imposes limitations
+       on the distribution and access to the code, a phone platform
+       that prevents end users from upgrading Moonlight).
+       
        Contact mono@novell.com for details on obtaining the Mono
        runtime under other terms.
 
@@ -47,8 +58,8 @@ For comments, corrections and updates, please contact mono@novell.com
 
        The C# Compilers (1.0 and 2.0)
 
-       These compilers are dual licensed under the GPL and commercial
-       terms.
+       These compilers are dual licensed under the GPL and MIT X11
+       license terms.
 
 ** tests
 
@@ -90,6 +101,10 @@ For comments, corrections and updates, please contact mono@novell.com
 
        Manual pages and Mono documentation are covered by the MIT X11 license. 
 
+* samples
+
+       The code in the "samples" directory is released under the MIT X11 license.
+
 * The Licenses
 
        These are the licenses used in Mono, the files are located: