- From: John Daggett <jdaggett@mozilla.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 19:25:32 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-style@w3.org
Vladimir Levantovsky wrote: >> Isn't the MTX compression format used in EOT patented, which might be >> considered an obstacle to general adoption? Or has this already been >> satisfactorily resolved through some kind of free and universal >> license? > > If adopted, MTX compression will be made available under W3C > Royalty-Free Patent licensing requirements > (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Requirements) The issue has to do with field-of-use restrictions. W3C licensing policy allows for this, GPL does not. My understanding is that if something like MTX is available only with a field-of-use restriction, it cannot be used in implementations that ship with a GPL license. John Daggett Mozilla Japan
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