Thanks Adam, that actually alleviates my concerns completely :D<div><br></div><div>Chhers</div><div>James<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Frisby, Adam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam@deepthink.com.au">adam@deepthink.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Since this discussion is raised every 6 months without fail, I present:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/08/opensim-c-standards-patents-and-you/" target="_blank">http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/08/opensim-c-standards-patents-and-you/</a><br>
<br>
Written the last time this came up.<br>
<br>
Short answer:<br>
* ECMA standardisation forbids MS from suing implementers.<br>
* C# and its standard library are ECMA standards.<br>
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</div><div class="im">> <a href="mailto:bounces@lists.berlios.de">bounces@lists.berlios.de</a>] On Behalf Of Mike Dickson<br>
> Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 9:00 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de">opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Mono considered harmful<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Sigh...<br>
><br>
> Then go pick some other platform to work on. OpenSim seems pretty<br>
> solidly committed to the C#/Mono choice it made when it was started.<br>
><br>
> And yes, of course my argument is speculation. Unless you have a<br>
> crystal ball and know for certain you're going to get sued how can it<br>
> be<br>
> anything but that.<br>
><br>
> Companies use patents for leverage all the time. In this day and age<br>
> that's probably their highest value (fwiw, I personally don't believe<br>
> software patents are a good thing, or even sensible, copyright law<br>
> seems<br>
> more appropriate to me).<br>
><br>
> Seriously, all I was saying is this is a storm in a teacup. It<br>
> shouldn't<br>
> stop useful work from getting done. Or cloud the excellent work that's<br>
> been done to date.<br>
><br>
> Mike<br>
><br>
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 15:49 +0000, Nebadon Izumi wrote:<br>
> > your argument is 100% speculation and not based in any facts sorry to<br>
> > say, you can assume all you like, doesnt make what your saying true.<br>
> ><br>
> > Neb<br>
> ><br>
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Eugen Leitl <<a href="mailto:eugen@leitl.org">eugen@leitl.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Mike Dickson wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > won't go into details) the worst case scenarios is that<br>
> > you'd not be<br>
> > > able to run it on Linux using Mono. If you're inclined<br>
> > towards floating<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > So you're saying the worst case (which is I think is arguably<br>
> > likely, actually) is that OpenSim only runs on proprietary<br>
> > systems.<br>
> > OpenSim becoming Windows-only, eventually.<br>
> ><br>
> > > anxiety then this is something to worry about. Otherwise<br>
> > from an OpenSim<br>
> > > perspective there are bigger fish to fry. Like getting to<br>
> > 1.0...<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Becoming ghetto and then long-term insignificant is less<br>
> > important<br>
> > than getting 1.0 out of the door. Mmmh, okay. If you say so.<br>
> ><br>
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