[MonoDevelop] Monodevelop brother

[Christoph Wille]

At 10:41 AM 6/28/2004, Emiel van de Laar wrote:
>Christoph Wille wrote:
>>At 10:21 AM 6/28/2004, Emiel van de Laar wrote:
>>>>Sure , you can look at the source code , I have taken lots of ideas from
>>>>sharpdevelop , Eclipse and Visual Studio but I have not used source code
>>>>from any of this products.
>>>>Some interfaces may have property names , methods or comments similar to SD
>>>>or VS (its normal , I have learnt form them) .If you find any copyrighted
>>>>code I will remove it for sure , but please don't acuse me of using
>>>>copyrighted code before even analize the code.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm currently working on a similar framework, but not necessarily 
>>>focused on IDE's. I have studied Mono- and Sharpdevelop, Eclipse and 
>>>others. These are all impressive pieces of engineering and I have 
>>>learned a lot from them. Because I have studied them I wouldn't be 
>>>surprised if I define similar interfaces. My question is, how far can
>>>a person go? Defining the interfaces is a large portion of the work,
>>>especially when designing a framework.
>>We are talking implementation. Interfaces in certain framework areas tend 
>>to be "patternized" over their lifetime.
>
>Just out of curiosity, could these interfaces be patented in some way?
>I have several design pattern books on my desk and can definitely see
>their usage in these frameworks. The patterns used in building frameworks 
>could just be considered common knowledge then?

Given what already *is* patented it is safe to assume that there wouldn't 
be any roadblocks to patent those.

Chris