But the first question that those third parties must ask is whether another commercial deployment of the CLI standard--say, for Linux or Unix--could infringe on a Microsoft patent. According to Microsoft's director of intellectual property Michele Herman, who I interviewed earlier this year, the answer is a qualified yes
According to Herman, third parties will have to enter into a reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) license agreement with Microsoft. "But," says Herman, "while RAND sometimes means there could be a financial obligation, [Microsoft] ...will be offering a conventional non-royalty non-fee RAND license. We've always made that clear to anyone who has asked." In other words, there will be no financial obligation.
La directrice de l'IP chez MS elle-meme dit que la licence sera gratuite.
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But the first question that those third parties must ask is whether another commercial deployment of the CLI standard--say, for Linux or Unix--could infringe on a Microsoft patent. According to Microsoft's director of intellectual property Michele Herman, who I interviewed earlier this year, the answer is a qualified yes
According to Herman, third parties will have to enter into a reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) license agreement with Microsoft. "But," says Herman, "while RAND sometimes means there could be a financial obligation, [Microsoft] ...will be offering a conventional non-royalty non-fee RAND license. We've always made that clear to anyone who has asked." In other words, there will be no financial obligation.
La directrice de l'IP chez MS elle-meme dit que la licence sera gratuite.