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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Patented XML Compression Techniques (WAS RE: [xml-d ev] Bi
 Not quite. http://octaga.com Sometimes the patented and open technolgies play well together and the licensing is paid for by the vendor. The end user gets the player for free, but the editor+codec may cost and again, the cost of licensing is bundled into that. That is how gif was handled. This stuff is a problem for open source groups, admittedly, so it is better to seek alternatives to licensing. The only thing one cannot do is ignore the patents because we are back to the indemnity problem. It is better to convince the patent holder that the market opportunities are better if open source is enabled. That is a sales job and not always an easy one. I am not concerned that firms patent IP as long as they play by the rules of the standards and specifications organizations when they make a submission, and hide no details that taint the products. XML binarization is an area in which patents exist. Ok. As long as submissions to the W3C or others fit within the policies, no problem. It will be a problem if the only acceptable solution is one that they will not submit under those policies. Then the organizations have to standardize an inferior technology or pay the tolls. Fortunately, there aren't many technologies for which acceptable alternatives aren't available, or that is the position some take. What one must have is a level playing field before the law. len From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@s...] Somebody stick a fork in MPEG. It's done. In fact its way overcooked. Like a dinosaur brain that hasn't yet got the message that its dead yet. --courtesy dept of redundancy dept. Better yet, require it carry a poison warning symbol. Taps, please, 
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