Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 22614 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2005 01:44:58 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Feb 2005 01:44:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 46300 invoked by uid 500); 25 Feb 2005 01:44:56 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 46193 invoked by uid 500); 25 Feb 2005 01:44:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 46179 invoked by uid 99); 25 Feb 2005 01:44:55 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from ms-smtp-02-lbl.southeast.rr.com (HELO ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com) (24.25.9.101) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:44:54 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (rdu57-27-065.nc.rr.com [66.57.27.65]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j1P1ilee016589; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:44:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <421E830E.5080906@apache.org> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:44:46 -0500 From: Sam Ruby User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lrosen@rosenlaw.com CC: legal-discuss@apache.org Subject: Re: patent licenses on OASIS standards References: <20050224191815.GA38665@mail26b.sbc-webhosting.com> In-Reply-To: <20050224191815.GA38665@mail26b.sbc-webhosting.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Lawrence Rosen wrote: > > Industry players, in particular Microsoft, hate our appropriation of the > term "open standards" to mean our version of patent and copyright licensing. Do we have a formal definition that we can employ for the term "open standards"? A quick google search turned up the following: http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Discussions on this list are informational and educational only, are not privileged and do not constitute legal advice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: legal-discuss-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: legal-discuss-help@apache.org