>>>>> "CW" == Chris Wilson <cwilso@MICROSOFT.com> writes: CW> There has been much discussion of this issue on both of these CW> lists, so I thought it might be appropriate to forward this CW> statement to these lists as well. >> "Microsoft agrees that any W3C member or other party will be able >> to obtain a license under Microsoft's US Patent No. 5,860,073 to >> implement and use the technology described in W3C Recommendations >> for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the EXtensible Style Language >> (XSL) for the purpose of supporting such standards, on a >> royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the >> party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Microsoft >> and other companies for their implementation of those >> standards. Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may >> have in the material and subject matter of this contribution." >> -Chris Wilson Internet Explorer Team Microsoft Corporation Pardon the language, but this is just plain bullshit. There exists a huge amount of prior art, so that patent is just not worth the paper it is written on. Anyone asking Microsoft for a licence such as mentioned will only help Microsoft maintain the illusion that the patent is valid. -- Rasmus Kaj ---------------- rasmus@kaj.a.se - http://www.e.kth.se/~kaj/ \ If you're happy, you're successful \--------------------------------------------- http://www.Raditex.se/Received on Friday, 12 March 1999 04:22:43 GMT
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