Re: [DotGNU]Microsoft is claiming IP on the "standards" they submitted

[John]

And the key word of that paragraph are the CYA words: "no *known*
rights". Be rest assured once .Net is in place and popular, there will
be a flurry of IP rights assertions by Microsoft. Remember GIF? Remember
DH Key Exchange? Remember hyperlinks? How about the new case for
"Internet downloads"? MP3? Huffman encoding?

When something becomes big, suddenly the IP owner discovers a whole new
bunch of rights they can tax. This is the angle we should slant comments
on the ECMA statement if asked.

John Le'Brecage

Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> >
> > there is a linuxtoday article that says the M$ is going to retain IP
> > and licencing rights to certain aspects of .NET that they have
> > submited to the ECMA hear is the link we better watch ourselfs
> >
> 
> Yes, but this paragraph is new and key:
> 
> ---<snip>---
>         However, Jan van den Beld,
>         ECMA secretary general, said the
>         licence would cover only
>         Microsoft's own implementation,
>         not the standard itself. "There are
>         no known rights owned by
>         Microsoft that would require a
>         licensing agreement," he said.
> ---</snip>---
> 
>         -Barry
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