From: Jennings,
Jared L C. U. A. 46 SK/C. <jar...@eg...> - 2009-01-28 23:18:02
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Johannes Schindelin [mailto:Joh...@gm...]: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Marc-André Moreau wrote: > > > Microsoft has patents that may cover your implementations of > > the protocols. Neither this notice nor Microsoft's delivery of the > > documentation grants any licenses under those or any other Microsoft > > patents. > > In other words, we are totally free to use it, copy it, use it. > > I do not see that. How does using the documentation make things worse? Couldn't Microsoft already claim software patent over rdesktop, which is an "implementation of the [RDP] protocol"? I detailed a month ago (15 Dec 2008) how the Open Specification Promise (OSP) may or may not cover RDP and its extensions, particularly the smartcard extension. Here's the relevant excerpt of my message: There exists a publicly readable RDP smartcard extension protocol document, at <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc242596(PROT.10).aspx>. In its preamble it says that the protocol "may be covered by Microsoft's Open Specifications Promise;" it says (RDPESC section 1.4) that it's an extension of the filesystem virtual channel extension, which (RDPEFS section 1.4) is embedded in a static virtual channel specified by basic RDP, which (RDPBCGR section 1.4) is "based on the ITU T.120 series of protocols." The Open Specifications Promise says that it covers "T.120." |