I went are read the sumary of the patent from the links provided. Not a layer, but I do not think it applies to ANT maybe to scriptdef, but that seemed like a streach.
What I understood is that they pattented having a bunch of different scripts in different languages all sitting on the same file separated by XML tags and being able to call each separate script in the collection from a menu. So, it sound not like a pattent on scripting, but on how to store collections of scripts in one file and being able to execute them. Any pattent layer around? Jose Alberto > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 February 2004 07:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: Microsoft XML scripting patent > > > Good question. > But I don´t know the answer :( > > Especially I don´t know how the patent relates to Ant. > Maybe Alex Kipman knows more? > > > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:01 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Microsoft XML scripting patent > > > I haven't had a chance to do more than skim the news.com > article on Microsoft's recently granted patent on the use of > XML to hold scripting content... > http://news.com.com/2100-7345-5158432.html ... but does anyone else think this poses a problem for Ant? Jon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
