Re: [xml-dev] Patented XML Compression Techniques (WAS RE: [xml-d ev] Binary XML == "spawn of the devil" ?)

From: "John Cowan" <>
> The trouble is that (especially with patents) there may be submarines
> which neither RFP creator nor proposer is aware of.  Your only defense
> against this is general anti-patent insurance.

The only forms of anti-patent insurance I am aware of are:

- No assets to speak of
- Mutually assured destruction

Are there others?

Bob Foster