Re: MetaMAP patents (was Re: Hot Java is here! And it *rocks*)

connolly@w3.org (Dan Connolly) wrote:

> Joe English writes:
>  > And the validity of the patent makes it completely
>  > unsuitable for Web-based imagemaps:  this technology
>  > has zero chance of being selected for standardization
>  > by the IETF or W3O because of the patent.
>
> Joe: please be careful about speaking for the IETF or the W3 Consortium.
> The IETF does not reject all patented technology.


Oops!  Sorry.

To clarify:  I am in no way affiliated with any standards body,
and my opinion concerning the MetaMAP technology
is based solely on personal observation and conjecture.


--Joe English

  jenglish@crl.com

Received on Thursday, 30 March 1995 10:43:19 UTC