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

[Jeremy Petzold]

speaking of comments, we should decide who is going to
be the head PR person. that is if Myrddian or Norbert
don't want to or don't have the time to do that.

--- John <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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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