What I thought about a while ago: Can MS patent fundamental things like the IL code??
If they have patents on, let's say something in the class lib, it's not a _big_ problem. But if basic things like IL is patented... Anybody, who knows something about this topic? Johannes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo Molaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Legal status of Mono > On 07/28/02 Rusty wrote: > > 2) If not, how does Mono project plan to address the above concerns? > > From the FAQ on www.go-mono.com: > If Microsoft does patent some technology, then our plan is to either (1) > work around it, (2) chop out patented pieces, (3) find prior art that > would render the patent useless. Not providing a patented capability > would weaken the interoperability, but it would still provide the free > software / open source software community with good development tools, > which is the primary reason for developing Mono. > > lupus > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian/rules > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monkeys do it better > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
