visual studio compatibility

[Mike Stump]

> From: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.COM>
> To: dan@www.cgsoftware.com (Daniel Berlin)
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:31:37 -0700 (PDT)

> But yes, any implementation that is fully binary compatible with
> MSVC has to violate a patent.

If someone cared (I don't), someone could ask Microsoft to license the
patent to the FSF, so that they (the FSF) can relicense to the rest of
the world.