On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> wrote: > On 3/12/2012 12:08 PM, David Dorwin wrote: > > Confirmation that the development of CDM "key systems" is covered by the > W3C Patent Policy: should a company decide that they want to create their > own CDM, and they do so, they should not face face IP litigation from W3C > members. Each existing CDM vendor, who is also a w3c member, would check > their patent holdings for relevant IP. A fictional example would be > "Encryption of a network video stream and management of a collection of > keys for decoding of the data". > nothing in the proposal requires a specific CDM to be covered by W3C PP; nor does the W3C PP or PD require this; so you are asking for something that is out of scope; this is no different from someone defining a canvas context that is IPR encumbered and publishing its availability via canvas.getConext("anEncumberedCanvasContext"); further, the W3C PP does not, in general, indemnify W3C members from one another > My understanding is that companies should be able to create and maintain > CDM providers without fear of competitive patent disputes. > the W3C PP is no guarantee against patent disputes, so this is a red herring IANAL, but it seems that you may wish to consult one to formulate questions that are reasonably in scope of the W3C PP and PD;Received on Monday, 12 March 2012 20:52:37 UTC
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