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Re: Patents?

Sun Microsystems has released the Self source code and binaries
complete with the source code to the VM under GPL V3.
hope this helps
--- In self-interest@yahoogroups.com, Michael Latta <lattam@...> wrote:
>
> If I was to start a project using Klien and Self as a basis for say a
> Ruby VM. What patents are involved? Just because the code is BSD
> does not mean the patents are granted, right?
>
> Michael
>





Tue May 1, 2007 8:15 am

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If I was to start a project using Klien and Self as a basis for say a Ruby VM. What patents are involved? Just because the code is BSD does not mean the...
Michael Latta
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Feb 24, 2007
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Sun Microsystems has released the Self source code and binaries complete with the source code to the VM under GPL V3. hope this helps...
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It was under an MIT license before. The issue is that just releasing the source does not mean the concepts or approaches used in the source can be used in...
Michael Latta
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May 2, 2007
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... That would probably be hard even for Sun to find out. Releasing it under GPLv3 gives you protection from the Sun patents to an extent that makes it hard to...
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