On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 06:59:21PM -0400, Irving Rivas wrote: > It might be useful to look up the existing patents related to C#, if any, > and work a way to circumvent them while implementing the apps written in the > language, if possible. > If they're dumb enough, the solution could be as simple to detect as fully > compiling of C# code, or using other kind of bytecode. > I don't know how (or where) to look up the patents, but I can spend the time > studying them and trying to work out a way to not-break them. I've some > lawyers in the family that can be of use in this matter. It would be great > if we can push the community into safer waters while still supporting > programmers that develop in C#.
Fortunately, the SFLC provides legal advice for the free software community. They have made the following statement about .NET, I think it's worth a read: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2009/jun/29/language-patents/ -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
