> I think this is really the central point of the dispute; "reasonable and 
> non-discriminatory" is a very vague way of putting it.  Realistically, I 
> think most of the people would be satisfied if the document contained 
> explicit language safeguarding free software/open source.  Unfortunately, 
> the W3C is, well, an industry consortium, and I don't think that most 
> people trust it to stand up and consider such licenses "discriminatory" if 
> push came to shove.

Chris is exactly right. The way the W3C defines "non-discriminatory" 
means that Microsoft would have to charge Mozilla and Opera Software the 
same amount per-seat for CSS patent licenses. It means nothing more than 
that.

Gerv


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