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Re: GCC issues with patent US5297284?
- To: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn at gnu dot org>
- Subject: Re: GCC issues with patent US5297284?
- From: Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers dot com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:03:30 -0600
- CC: bug-gcc at gnu dot org, help-gcc at gnu dot org
- Organization: CodeWeavers, Inc
- References: <3AB6410E.545E5E1A@codeweavers.com> <20010322115433.O3619@ebb.org>
"Bradley M. Kuhn" wrote:
>
> Hello GCC hackers.
>
> A few days ago at the FSF distribution office, we got a phone call from
> Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>.
>
> He indicated to me that he is running a free software business, but is
> having trouble because one of his customers is worried that GCC is
> infringing on a particular patent in the USA.
>
> Meanwhile, there is also a proprietary software competitor who has
> licensed the patent who is actively working against him.
>
> Could folks on the GCC team assist Jeremy so that he can make the case
> that GCC does not infringe on this patent?
>
Just to clarify; the claim is that the implementation of COM
in Wine violates the patent referenced (the vtable patent). When I did
a search on this patent, I found a few traces of discussion about it
from 94-95 time frame with regards to gcc.
So, I was hoping to find someone who remembered the patent
discussion from that timeframe and who remembered the resolution,
if there was one.
Thanks,
Jeremy