-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le October 18, 2002 01:22 am, Matt Liotta a �crit: / On October 18, 2002 01:22 am, Matt Liotta wrote: > From my interview with David Stutz of Microsoft > (http://www.devx.com/free/hotlinks/2002/ednote061902/ednote061902-1.asp) > ... > > Q. On which parts of the ECMA specification does Microsoft hold patents? > What are Microsoft's plans for enforcement of these patents? > > Microsoft's Stutz: > I am certainly not the right person to ask on this question, and even if > I were, I would be unlikely to be able to answer, since the Microsoft > patent portfolio is large and constantly changing, and many patents > aren't granted for years after they are submitted. > > It is important to point out that the reason that Microsoft participated > in creating ECMA 334 and 335 is precisely so that others will be able to > create their own commercial CLI implementations. Microsoft is very > interested in seeing many CLI implementations succeed. To this end, > Microsoft has said (for literally years now) that implementers of the > spec will have royalty-free access to Microsoft intellectual property > that might otherwise stand in the way of their implementing these > standards.
The bad part is "is precisely so that others will be able to > create their own commercial CLI implementations.". The word commercial here is probably meaning non-GPL type of license even if you were going to release a GPL Commercial version they would probably refuse to let you have the rights to their patents... Why not send a request to Microsoft for that royalty free patent ;-) - -- Yannick Koehler -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9sCU2fuKOJNEyL1URAobPAJ4uZ23X2CaWlVsrDm6fYhZqK/VpQQCeMFUu ieufyxFBFpnIHO4IonxfPJA= =oMVZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
