Unfortunately, Microsoft has changes ASP from an ISAPI application and the
latest incarnation that comes with IIS4 is proprietary.
Howie
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Stark <stark@generation.net>
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: ASP - only works with IIS ?
>
>Mitch Wagers <mwagers@ocsnet.net> writes:
>> Microsoft has code rights to ASP, any server that is not Microsoft/IIS
>> should carry an agreement with MS as to the ability to host ASP.
>
>I challenge you to find a law granting something called "code rights".
>
>There's something called copyright, but that would only apply if
>another server were distributing a copy or derivative of Microsoft's
>work. It wouldn't stop people from making compatible engines or making
>their servers compatible with Microsoft's engine.
>
>There are also restrictions on the license which might get in people's
>way if they tried to implement a compatible feature. For example the
>license may prohibit using the engine for purposes of reverse
>engineering it. Still there is enough documentation that that's
>likely to not be a problem. And if Microsoft tried enforcing license
>restrictions like that they would possibly be invalidated by the courts.
>
>Microsoft does not, to my knowledge have a patent on any process ASPs
>implement. And any blocking patent would be laughably invalid because
>of prior art.
>
>Please don't offer legal advice based on imagined rights and laws.
>
>greg
>
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