DBC TM

[Sean Kelly]

Lurker wrote:
> "Design by Contract is a registered trademark[1] of Interactive Software Engineering, Inc. in the United States"
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract
> 
> Does Digital Mars has permission for ISE to use the DBC trademark? This is not an attack to the D language but I was just curious if Walter had spoken with someone at ISE about it.

That's why D uses the term "contract programming" instead.  Though 
personally, I think ISE shot themselves in the foot by trademarking this 
term, since it's discouraged people actually writing about or using the 
technique.


Sean