Re: [DotGNU]Microsoft is claiming IP on the "standards" they submitted

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> 
> there is a linuxtoday article that says the M$ is going to retain IP
> and licencing rights to certain aspects of .NET that they have
> submited to the ECMA hear is the link we better watch ourselfs
> 


Yes, but this paragraph is new and key:


---<snip>---
        However, Jan van den Beld,
        ECMA secretary general, said the
        licence would cover only
        Microsoft's own implementation,
        not the standard itself. "There are
        no known rights owned by
        Microsoft that would require a
        licensing agreement," he said. 
---</snip>---

        -Barry