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Patent on XML and XSLT together?

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Subject: Patent on XML and XSLT together?
From: "David LeBlanc" <whisper@oz.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:12:07 -0800
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This was claimed as something Sun is trying to do:

http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=WO0163481&;CY=ep&LG=en&DB=EPD

Basically if you chose a stylesheet to transform your xml based on browser
type or some (any?) other criteria, you'd be in violation of this patent if
it becomes one. Originally seen on the axkit.org "daily churn".

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

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