• [^] # Re: mono vs DotGNU

    Posté par . En réponse à la dépêche Interview de Miguel de Icaza par O'reilly. Évalué à 1.

    Basically a grant is given to anyone who want to *IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTT* those components for free and for any purpose.

    C'est la même chose que :
    Field of use limitation: According to Herman, "This is where I'm granting a license to you to use my patent, but only for the purpose of implementing this standard."


    The ECMA process requires that all patents held by member companies that
    are essential for implementing its standards are available under
    "reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND) terms" for the purpose of
    implementing those Standards. This is the normal condition used in all
    International Standards organizations, including both ECMA and ISO.

    But Microsoft (and our co-sponsors, Intel and Hewlett-Packard) went
    further and have agreed that our patents essential to implementing C#
    and CLI will be available on a "royalty-free and otherwise RAND" basis
    for this purpose.