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:Builder UK: Wine Development Stifled by Software Patent
Builder UK: Wine Development Stifled by Software Patent
May 13, 2005, 19 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (11520 reads)

(Other stories by Ingrid Marson)

"Developers on the Windows compatibility project Wine have been forced to abandon an important feature due to the existence of a Borland patent.

"The open source project Wine allows you to run unmodified Windows programs on Linux through a binary compatibility layer. It also allows you to compile Windows applications to create a Linux binary through a tool called Winelib..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Hmmm. First Borland says that, contrary  ...   Another SCO?   
ac
May 13, 2005, 19:16:31
 
Perhaps I'm one of the few fortunate ...   Why not just ignore it like all the other projects   
Cabal
May 13, 2005, 22:04:47
 
To Windows programmers: Don't use st ...   Re: Why not just ignore it like all the other proj   
GaAsP
May 14, 2005, 05:58:36
 
> The Linux kernel is full of patent inf ...   Re: What makes you think the patents are valid   
Dan C
May 14, 2005, 12:51:52
 
The Linux kernel is full of patent infri ...   Re: Why not just ignore it like all the other proj   
wolf
May 14, 2005, 13:20:48
 
> Hmmm. First Borland says that, contrar ...   Re: Another SCO?   
Nic
May 14, 2005, 13:37:15
 
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