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RE: [Dotnet-sscli] Microsoft applies for .Net patent
From: "Jim Miller \(.NET\)" jsmiller_AT_microsoft.com
Date: 2003年2月19日 09:57:39 -0800
Subject: RE: [Dotnet-sscli] Microsoft applies for .Net patent
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Thread-topic: [Dotnet-sscli] Microsoft applies for .Net patent

Beppe,

As one of the inventors on that patent as well as the person heading up
the standardization efforts for the CLI, I'd like to explain why I've
never felt the two are in conflict.

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.

Furthermore, our release of the Rotor source code base with a specific
license on its use gives wide use to our patents for a particular
(non-commercial) purpose, and as we explicitly state we are open to
additional licenses for other purposes.

--Jim

Si tu ne comprends toujours pas, je n'y peux rien.