[Mono-list] Re: Collaboration on alternatives to the US-patent-endangered APIs?

2003-10-11 Thread Miguel de Icaza
Norbert, In Mono, we have not only implemented the .NET APIs, but we have also encouraged developers to create a large collection of extra APIs (see: http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/tmp/map.png) because we are building Mono with two goals in mind: * Compatibility with the .NET Fram

[Mono-list] Re: Collaboration on alternatives to the US-patent-endangered APIs?

2003-10-10 Thread Norbert Bollow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > Is the Mono project interested in cooperation with DotGNU in the area > > of creating legally bulletproof alternatives to the US-patent-endangered > > APIs? (We have obtained legal advice on how to do this.) Miguel de Icaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> re

[Mono-list] Re: Collaboration on alternatives to the US-patent-endangered APIs?

2003-10-10 Thread Miguel de Icaza
Hello, > Is the Mono project interested in cooperation with DotGNU in the area > of creating legally bulletproof alternatives to the US-patent-endangered > APIs? (We have obtained legal advice on how to do this.) Of course. Would love to hear the details, it seems bold. Miguel. ___