I don't know whether it answers your question, but ECMA does not approve "recommendations of Standards which are covered by patents when such patents will not be licensed by their owners on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis". Also ECMA has a policy in regard to patents that were not known during the approval of the standard. See points 1.3.x on the page http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/MEMENTO/Code.htm
Best, Jaak Tom wrote: >According to this quote in a recent ZDNET article by Microsoft's directory of >intellectual property, any conforming implementation of ECMA/ISO C# runs afoul >of Microsoft's patents: > > According to Microsoft's director of intellectual property Michele > Herman, who I interviewed earlier this year, the answer is a > qualified yes. "If someone implemented a product that conforms to > the specification, we believe we have a patent or one pending that's > essential to implementing the specification." > >You can find the full article at > > http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2887217,00.html > >Could we please have some clarity whether or not standards-conforming >C# implementations fall under some Microsoft patent? > > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
