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- From: iriXx <iriXx@iriXx.org>
- Cc: seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Release_Community@RealMeasures.dyndns.org, patents@aful.org, fairuse-discuss@nyfairuse.org, DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org, DMCA-Activists@gnu.org, fsl-discuss@alt.org
- Subject: Re: [fsl-discuss] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:03:31 +0100
- Organization: iriXx
Richard Stallman wrote:
I wonder if what we are seeing is an attempt to create a
patent-restricted standard. If so, perhaps public pressure
is called for now.
i would say that, as ever, you've hit the nail on the head there.
from what i've seen of the patenting of ebXML by IBM and Microsoft -
documented in features on news.com.com - it suggests to me that they are
trying to implement a 'de-facto' patent-restricted standard. they may no
longer be able to enforce rigid patents on W3C standards, but this does
not matter if you effectively control the ebusiness market.
chilling indeed....
m~
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