This is the mail archive of the gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the GCC project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development

From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb at suse dot de>
To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <paolo dot bonzini at lu dot unisi dot ch>, Ingrid Marson <Ingrid dot marson at zdnet dot co dot uk>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:19:55 +0200
Subject: Re: Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development
References: <75719ACFAD3E1245A65226F904E0831702833823@cnet44.cnet.cnwk> <4281EF3A.9070500@lu.unisi.ch>

On Wednesday 11 May 2005 13:40, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > The Borland patent is a patent for standard exception handling
> > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL
> > &p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,628,016.WKU.&OS=PN/5,628,
> > 016&RS=PN/5,628,016
>
> http://snipurl.com/et1w

And FWIW, patches exist outside the FSF tree to support SEH, see e.g.
http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/index.php?page=gccseh

Gr.
Steven

Follow-Ups:
- RE: Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development
  - From: Casper Hornstrup

References:
- Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development
  - From: Ingrid Marson
- Re: Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development
  - From: Paolo Bonzini

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]