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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Then, should the patent holders decide to
> work with the W3C or other organization to create a standard binary
> for XML, they will submit the patented materials as royalty-free
> submissions.
Naturally. Expway already does that for the SVG WG (and you never know, the SVG
WG's track record suggest that it could produce, say, a design for a
revolutionary coffee machine if it could be related one way or another to
graphics ;)
> One other question: is it the case that review of the MPEG materials
> to ascertain any potential infringement obligates the reviewer
> to the terms and conditions of the patent holder? In other words,
> is tainting directly inferred by the review?
I have no idea, and the MPEG people at Expway happen to all be on holiday right
now so I can't ask :) All I can say is that I've never heard that clause, FWIW.
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Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr>
Research Engineer, Expway http://expway.fr/
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