RE: FW: Microsoft's patent loss rattles tech community

2003-09-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Brian, You asked about what evidence there might be that Eolas intends to enforce the patent against other companies than Microsoft, particularly Open Source projects. To quote an article Eolas publishes on their web site (http://www.eolas.com/PatentWarPendingOverApplets.pdf): Eolas plans to p

Re: W3C Ceases Development on libwww

2003-09-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > Someone interested in working on it? i don't know how much time i could give it (a nanosecond here or there, maybe) but hell yeah it should be adopted by the asf! -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist

W3C Ceases Development on libwww

2003-09-06 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Someone interested in working on it? -- Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) - ---

RE: FW: Microsoft's patent loss rattles tech community

2003-09-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Serge Knystautas wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > As far as I am concerned, it would be desirable for the W3C should have a > > copyright on HTML, XML, etc., and be able to deny the right to use those > > standards to anyone claiming IP rights over them. Other standards bodies > > should likewi