Re: Mono and GNOME. The long reply.
- From: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
- To: grahame azale net (Grahame Bowland)
- Cc: alan redhat com (Alan Cox), gnome-hackers gnome org, gnome-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Mono and GNOME. The long reply.
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:25:03 -0500 (EST)
> How can they patent a chunk of the APIs? If it's just a whole bunch
> of class interfaces I don't see how they could tie it to a particular
> patented implementation.
The same way as CPU manufacturers patent instructions. Welcome to the USA.
Its really not a problem for them to patent something critical, then make
the new versions of their tools all emit code using it extensively.
Alan
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