Microsoft Gets More Open with C# and CLI
Microsoft Gets More Open with C# and CLI
Posted 07/07/2009 at 4:26pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Good news for developers. Microsoft announced plans to apply its Community Promise to its C# language and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), leaving developers without worry over patent claims over use of Microsoft's intellectual property.
"No one needs to sign anything or even reference anything," the Community Promise states. "Anyone is free to implement the specifications as they wish and do not need to make any mention of or reference to Microsoft. Anyone can use or implement these specifications with their technology, code, solution, etc. You must agree to the terms in order to benefit from the promise; however, you do not need to sign a license agreement, or otherwise communicate your agreement to Microsoft."
The Community Promise applies to developers, distributors, and users of covered implementations without regard to the development model used to create the implementations.
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