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> -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@i...] > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:27 PM > To: David Brownell; jim@a...; xml-dev@l... > Subject: Patent Pools > > Here are some bits to read. If nothing else, read the > USPTO article (in PDF of course). For those of you > going to the Orlando conference, this should prepare > you better than simply packing torches and pitchforks. Thanks for the references and tips on town hall etiquitte As moderator, I *heartily* endorse the "no torches and pitchforks" suggestion :~) It would be great if people planning to attend the town hall meeting in Orlando *do* do some of this background reading and think about creative yet realistic suggestions for moving this matter forward to some resolution that everyone can live with. Maybe the patent pools idea, or other suggestions whereby the W3C can leverage its resources to persuade its members to act in the common interest, can help. Anyway, it really is time to move this debate to the next level and talk about what the W3C can realistically do to define, implement, and enforce a patent policy that "leads the Web to its fullest potential." One specific example of a patent issue that the W3C is obviously going to have to address came to light today, although I haven't seen public comment on the patent implications: Voice XML 2.0. The working draft says: "This document seeks Member and public comment on both the technical design and the patent licensing issues arising out of the disclosure and licensing statements that have been made. Our decision to publish this first public working draft has been made to secure early comments from the community, but does not imply that all questions of patent licensing have been resolved or clarified. They must be resolved or work on this document in W3C will stop. As things stand at the time of publication of this specification, implementations conforming to this specification may require royalty bearing licenses for essential IPR." See http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2001-10-23-a.html http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-voicexml20-20011023/ and especially http://www.w3.org/2001/09/voice-disclosures.html Also, check out http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/23/011023hnsalt.xml for a related issue; remember that if the W3C fails to offer "standards" that can be widely adopted and implemented, there are lots of proprietary technologies whose owners would be happy to fill in the gap. These issues should make for interesting discussion in the patent policy town meeting, and I hope that many of you can attend and contribute your wisdom to this thorny topic.
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