Microsoft made good Tuesday on a promise it made months ago to the open source community that it would not sue software developers who use its EMCA C# programming language and Common Language Infrastructure, or CLI. This announcement aims to calm growing fears that Microsoft might restrict open source projects by going after program developers for patent or other intellectual property infringements related to to these two standards. Microsoft made the announcement on its community blog through comments by Peter Galli.
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July 10, 2009
Microsoft Puts C#, CLI Under No-Lawsuit Umbrella
Microsoft made good Tuesday on a promise it made months ago to the open source community that it would not sue software developers who use its EMCA C# programming language and Common Language Infrastructure, or CLI. This announcement aims to calm growing fears that Microsoft might restrict open source projects by going after program developers for patent or other intellectual property infringements related to to these two standards. Microsoft made the announcement on its community blog through comments by Peter Galli.
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