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From: | David Sugar |
Subject: | Re: [DotGNU]Propoganda starts at home... |
Date: | Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:47:06 -0400 |
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It has been suggest to me that those which do try to create a CLI and supporting class library should only have looked at the relevent ECMA documents and some third party publication (such as a book) that describes the class library. I would like to ask someone like say Moglen about this issue and will try to do so when I get a chance. It is quite possible and
one hopes that Ximian has performed "due dilligence" in this regard tomake sure what they have and are writing will be a fully clean-room implimentation.
Is it legal? I think it's on a shakey premise myself, but remember, whatis legal is not always what is ethical or just. Lets see what we can learn about this from an authoritative source...
David
Do you think that there might be any legal recourse to this? I mean, just on concept alone - I reject Microsoft's authority to say that someone who has "used" a program can't create something LIKE it. I've never used nor personally seen a .Net implementation (even though we have one where I work) and I will sign any documentation necessary to show that. However, there's something really insidious at work here (which I think we can all agree on) and I reject this principal outright.I mean, is this legal?-Barry _______________________________________________ Developers mailing list address@hidden http://dotgnu.org/mailman/listinfo/developers
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