Added PATENTS.TXT file and link to it

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 04aa153b025758b8a87cabf0382161a914b52422..d2f61ec93e6d2968e0028f58d2936db42fc7b449 100644 (file)
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
 In general, the runtime and its class libraries are licensed under the
 terms of the MIT license, and some third party code is licensed under
 
 In general, the runtime and its class libraries are licensed under the
 terms of the MIT license, and some third party code is licensed under

-the 3-clause BSD license.
-
-
+the 3-clause BSD license.  See the file "PATENTS.TXT" for Microsoft's
+patent grant on the Mono codebase.

 
 The Mono distribution does include a handful of pieces of code that
 are used during the build system and are covered under different
 
 The Mono distribution does include a handful of pieces of code that
 are used during the build system and are covered under different

diff --git a/PATENTS.TXT b/PATENTS.TXT
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..a868428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PATENTS.TXT
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Microsoft Patent Promise for Mono
+
+Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (“Microsoft”) promise not to
+assert any Applicable Patents against you for making, using, selling,
+offering for sale, importing, or distributing Mono.
+
+If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in any claim in a
+lawsuit alleging direct or contributory patent infringement by Mono,
+or inducement of patent infringement by Mono, then your rights under
+this promise will automatically terminate.
+
+This promise is not an assurance that (i) any Applicable Patents are
+valid or enforceable or (ii) Mono does not infringe patents or other
+intellectual property rights of any third party. No rights except
+those expressly stated in this promise are granted, waived or received
+by Microsoft, whether by implication, exhaustion, estoppel or
+otherwise. This is a personal promise directly from Microsoft to you,
+and you agree as a condition of benefitting from it that no Microsoft
+rights are received from suppliers, distributors, or otherwise in
+connection with this promise.
+
+Definitions:
+
+“Mono” means those portions of the software development technology, as
+originally distributed by Xamarin, Inc. or the .NET Foundation under
+the name “Mono,” that implement .NET Framework Functionality, provided
+that such portions at a minimum implement all of the required parts of
+the mandatory provisions of Standard ECMA-335 – Common Language
+Infrastructure (CLI).
+
+“.NET Framework Functionality” means any functionality in Microsoft’s
+.NET Framework as described in Microsoft’s API documentation on
+Microsoft’s MSDN website, including the functionality in
+Windowsbase.dll, but excluding all other functionality in the Windows
+Presentation Foundation component of .NET Framework.
+
+“Applicable Patents” are those patent claims, currently owned by
+Microsoft and acquired in the future, that are necessarily infringed
+by Mono. For clarity, Applicable Patents do not include any patent
+claims that are infringed (x) by any underlying or enabling technology
+that may be used, combined, or distributed in connection with Mono
+(such as hardware, operating systems, or applications that run on
+Mono), (y) only as a consequence of modification of Mono, or (z) only
+by the combination of Mono with third party code.

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3ff65bda20411879d323a6aa9e14d4c38efbcfa..0d7555c9009d8b2c4f8e1e581f28f0e73780e54a 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ create cross platform applications.  It is an open source
 implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA
 standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.
 
 implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA
 standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.
 

+The Mono project is part of the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/)
+

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@@ -507,3 +509,9 @@ to do at all), first edit `.gitmodules` to point to the new location, then:
 The desired output diff is a change in `.gitmodules` to reflect the
 change in the remote URL, and a change in /<submodule> where you see
 the desired change in the commit hash.
 The desired output diff is a change in `.gitmodules` to reflect the
 change in the remote URL, and a change in /<submodule> where you see
 the desired change in the commit hash.

+
+License
+=======
+
+See the LICENSE file for licensing information, and the PATENTS.TXT
+file for information about Microsoft's patent grant.