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Subject: [Fwd: [chairs] IBM gives 500 patents rights to open source projects]


Does anyone know if the "obligations" patents included in IBM's IPR
disclosure for XACML are included in this set of 500?

Anne
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Anne H. Anderson             Email: Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM
Sun Microsystems Laboratories
1 Network Drive,UBUR02-311     Tel: 781/442-0928
Burlington, MA 01803-0902 USA  Fax: 781/442-1692
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1750358,00.asp

This is indeed an excellent development - and also a 
smart one.  Clearly IBM deems these patents as 
defensive ones anyway - and so making them public
provides a low cost way to ensure the PTO snags
related work for them - instead of IBM IPR teams
having to constantly review that.

This also vindicates the open source approach once
more - and adds further weight for the need for 
OASIS policies to fully enable unfettered open source 
use of OASIS specifications.

Thanks, DW

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