Re: A priori IPR choices

[SM <sm at resistor.net>]

At 01:13 26-10-2007, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> The question is this:  Is copyleft open source / free software so
> unimportant with regard to any area of internet standards that it
> would be justifiable to adopt any specification with fundamentally
> incompatible patent situation as a standards-track RFC?

The better question would be: Are Internet standards so unimportant 
that copyleft open source /free software developers don't participate 
in the process?

Letter-writing campaigns may not be the best way to influence the 
process (see RedPhone incident).

Patents do raise some concerns about interoperability in regards to 
open source/free software.  From a technical point of view, there is 
nothing that prevents implementation if the specifications are 
available.  But then, we are taking a narrowed view of interoperability.

Regards,
-sm 


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