Claude Seyrat wrote:
> Be sure, that there are many
> patents
> that can be applied on W3C standards, ASN-1 and others. MPEG is not worst
> or better wrt to patents and it is clear wrt to royalties:
With the W3C, you can assume that the people who wrote the standard
didn't build in a requirement to use their own proprietary IP, and made
an effort to produce work that is as unencumbered as possible. As Len
points out, this is not a guaranteed promise that you won't get into
trouble, but it is substantially better than nothing.
Thus your assertion that they're all the same is wrong.
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Cheers, Tim Bray
(ongoing fragmented essay: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/)
