> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Bosscher
> Sent: 11. maj 2005 14:20
> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini; Ingrid Marson
> Subject: Re: Borland software patent restricting GNU compiler development
>
Florian Weimer wrote:
* Ranjit Mathew:
Without looking at the patent, I would hazard the guess
that it is about Win32 Structured Exception Handling (SEH):
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0197/exception/exception.aspx
(The linked-to mail from the GCC mailing list seems to
confirm this.)
Indeed. Expli
* Paul Koning:
>> "Florian" == Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Florian> Indeed. Explicitly pushing an exception frame pointer on
> Florian> the main stack is covered by the patent.
>
> Oh, like VMS has done since V1.0, in 1978?
I fail to see the inventive step in that patent
> "Florian" == Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Florian> Indeed. Explicitly pushing an exception frame pointer on
Florian> the main stack is covered by the patent.
Oh, like VMS has done since V1.0, in 1978?
paul
restricting GNU compiler
development
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
* Ranjit Mathew:
> Without looking at the patent, I would hazard the guess
> that it is about Win32 Structured Exception Handling (SEH):
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0197/exception/exception.aspx
>
> (The linked-to mail from the GCC mailing list seems to
> confirm this.)
Indeed. Explicitly
Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Ingrid Marson:
>
>
>>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
>
>
> At leas
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
>
* Ingrid Marson:
> 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
At least on Linux, GCC implements a differe
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
Paolo
I'm writing an article today following Dimitri O. Paun's talk at the
Wine Developer conference in Stuttgart. He said that Wine development is
restricted due to a Borland software patent, which prevents an important
feature from being added to GCC.
The Borland patent is a patent for standard except
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