Re: Posible Patents-Legality problem (Borland,GCC,SEH)

Post by **ThePhysicist** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:21 pm

The patent (http://www.google.com/patents/US5628016) expired on June, 15th 20014.

erkinalp · Post by **erkinalp** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:31 pm

You have introduced an extra nil in your date.

The_French_Rat · Post by **The_French_Rat** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:43 am

ThePhysicist wrote:The patent (http://www.google.com/patents/US5628016) expired on June, 15th 2014.

Fixed the mistake.

Post by **Z98** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:46 am

Timo, that thread was from almost a decade ago. The person who actually asked about the patents did so in a different thread.

Post by **ThePhysicist** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:00 am

Someone posted *this* thread on IRC, so blame him!
Anyway, feel free to delete everything and block my account for thread necromancy

Post by **vicmarcal** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:46 pm

ThePhysicist wrote:Someone posted *this* thread on IRC, so blame him!
Anyway, feel free to delete everything and block my account for thread necromancy

DONE!
810k3D!

Post by **EmuandCo** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 2:22 pm

It was hbelusca btw ^^

manuel · Post by **manuel** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:39 pm

ThePhysicist wrote:The patent (http://www.google.com/patents/US5628016) expired on June, 15th 20014.

I don't understand...the exceptions manager in the compilers are protected by a patent?

middings · Post by **middings** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:00 pm

manuel wrote:I don't understand...the exceptions manager in the compilers are protected by a patent?

A little Slashdot necromancy revealed this uk.builder.com article from 2005. That article by Ingrid Mason summarizes the patent's effects on Wine development.

manuel · Post by **manuel** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:24 pm

middings wrote:
manuel wrote:I don't understand...the exceptions manager in the compilers are protected by a patent?
A little Slashdot necromancy revealed this uk.builder.com article from 2005. That article by Ingrid Mason summarizes the patent's effects on Wine development.

ok, thanks