Patent encumbered standards are unacceptable
Gene Hightower <gene@digilicious.com> Mon, 09 February 2009 00:55 UTC
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Subject: Patent encumbered standards are unacceptable
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The Internet has flourished, in part, due to it's open nature. Patent encumbered standards threaten that nature. Please do not approve any standard that includes patented technology unless the patent holder issues a royalty free license to all.
- Patent encumbered standards are unacceptable Gene Hightower