Microsoft makes C# patent promise to unblock Mono

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 7, 2009 5:30 PM EDT
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Microsoft have announced that the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure will now come under the Microsoft Community Promise, a legally binding promise not to assert any patents or other rights related to the implementation of those standards. This means that the controversial issue of Mono, which at its core is an implementation of ECMA 334 and ECMA 335, should be clear of patent issues related to those standards.

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One way to look at this... softwarejanitor 8 3,582 Jul 8, 2009 8:19 PM

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