Functionally. If you make a loud public declaration "WE SHALL NOT SUE" then you sue, judges *tend* to look upon it very unfavourably. YMMV of course.
On 4 February 2015 at 13:42, Nikolas Everett <never...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:09 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <yastrak...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> <flame war ahead> >> >> For those not adicted to slashdot, see here >> < >> http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/02/04/0332238/microsoft-open-sources-coreclr-the-net-execution-engine >> > >> . >> >> Licenced under MIT >> <https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT>, plus an >> additional patents promise >> <https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/PATENTS.TXT>. >> > > I'm not sure how relevant it is, but are promises legally binding? > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
