Re: [Fsfe-uk] OASIS standards to be RAND?

[Stuart Yeates]

Alex Hudson wrote:

> Of course, that doesn't mean that the standard might accidentally have
> something which is covered by a patent, but that's outside the scope of
> OASIS policy really.

This is a point really worth stressing.

No standards agencies have the power to ensure that standards are
unencumbered by patents. The best they can do is ensure that the
participants in the standardisation process do not encumber the
standards. The cause of the problem is not the standards agencies
but software patents.

cheers
stuart
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