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[forwarded on behalf of Dave Bergacker] >Return-Path: <bergackd@d...> >Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:30:49 -0500 >From: bergackd@d... (Dave Bergacker) >To: peter@u... >Subject: DCD submission > >Hi there, I am a subscriber to the XML-Dev list, digest form. I have a few questions >about the DCD submission that I would like to put forward to Mr. Bray, and as they >are legal questions about the publishers retention of intellectual property rights, >I think the discussion would be interesting to the XML-dev list in general. Am I >allowed to post to the list? If not, would you know of someone willing to re-post >for me? [PMR: anyone can subscribe to the list] > >My questions are pretty basic: > >1) What is the status of the intellectual property of this submission until such time > as the W3C approves a version as a "Recommendation"? Both IBM and Microsoft only address > what happens after it is a "Recommendation" of the W3C. > >2) Is IBM claiming an interest in collecting royalties for works based on this submission? > The first sentence of their Declaration re: Intellectual property rights states: > "..will make licenses available... including royalty rates." I am not a lawyer and have > no idea what this sentence is supposed to convey. > >3) Is Microsoft reserving it's rights to collect royalties/assert patents if any company other > than a W3C member implements this specification? It certainly seems to read that way. > >Thanks in advance > >cc: > bergacker, dave > Peter Murray-Rust, Director Virtual School of Molecular Sciences, domestic net connection VSMS http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms, Virtual Hyperglossary http://www.venus.co.uk/vhg xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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