ip claims?

Walter Bright newshound at digitalmars.com
Mon Mar 5 00:40:25 PST 2007


Jakob Praher wrote:
> I am interesting in adopting D for some kind of system programming. I
> have used the LLVM infrastructure and would like to play with D.
> 
> What puzzles me is the following line in the url
> "http://www.digitalmars.com/d/":
> 
> Note: all D users agree that by downloading and using D, or reading the
> D specs, they will explicitly identify any claims to intellectual
> property rights with a copyright or patent notice in any posted or
> emailed feedback sent to Digital Mars.
> 
> What does that mean?
> If I would like to work with the D language what would that mean to me 
> as a developer?

It means you must be upfront about any IP claims on ideas and code 
posted here or sent to Digital Mars. If you patented or will patent an 
idea submitted here, say so. If you wish to retain copyright, say so.



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