Microsoft's C# (Sharp) & .NET -- A Heads Up

Alex Martelli alex at magenta.com
Mon Jul 10 03:39:27 EDT 2000


"Stephen Hansen" <stephen at cerebralmaelstrom.com> wrote in message
news:81da5.125084$WS3.1096675 at typhoon.we.rr.com...
    [snip]
> to other languages, too. As far as i'm aware, you can get around software
> patents or copyrights by simply rewriting the software yourself. It can
fit
> into the exact same nitch, but its your code done your way.

Yes, for copyrights; no, alas, for patents, which is why patents on software
(and business processes, etc) are such a horrid idea.


Alex






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