Re: [chairs] News today on IBM patents and OASIS

[Eduardo Gutentag <Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM>]

David,

that's from a week ago, 11 April.

But more importantly than chronological accuracy, I fail now, as I
failed a week ago, to see how this vague reference to a vague promise
("this month", "the company said", "free", no quote, no attribution, no
date, no URL) can be construed, as others have done, as having anything
to do with OASIS IPR policy. If that promise has indeed been made (and
I'm not saying it's impossible for it to have been made, I'm only saying
that I've not seen it be made other than this NYT reference) then all it
means is that someone at IBM is talking RF, which is most welcome, but
without specifying whether it's RF on RAND Terms or RF on Limited Terms.
And without that qualification, any further speculation is just that.

On 04/16/2005 07:17 AM, David Webber (XML) wrote:
 > See todays' NYT for an important development from IBM.
 >
 > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/technology/11ibm.html?pagewanted=2&en=d2b
 >
 > I find this most welcome - and the article contains many insights
 > particularly on Page 2.
 >
 > There is clearly much more to be done here - including possible fine tuning
 > of the
 > draft IPR policies to directly encourage others to follow IBM's ground
 > breaking
 > lead here?
 >
 > And for OASIS to influence these moves that are afoot worldwide so that
 > implementers of OASIS specifications can do so in confidence and in a
 > spirit of true open collaboration for the benefit of the industry.
 >
 > Obviously we will have more opportunity to discuss this in New Orleans!
 >
 > DW
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 >
 >>Dear colleagues,
 >>
 >>This morning I was delighted to read in the New York Times that IBM has
 >>committed "all of its future patent contributions to the largest standards
 >>group for electronic commerce on the Web, the Organization for the
 >>Advancement of Structured Information Standards, would be free." [1]
 >>
 >>
 >>[1]
 >>
 >
 > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/technology/11ibm.html?ex=1113883200&en=d2b
 >
 >>df8df8eca625c&ei=5070
 >>
 >>
 >
 >

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