On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Sam Hartman wrote: > > However I feel there is something pathalogical going on in the open > source community surrounding patents. People are willing to use > technologies that probably have patents but are unwilling to use > technologies that clearly have patents and that have a long track record > of not particularly being enforced. I get worried when I see that > spilling into the IETF. Past behaviour is not a predictor of future behaviour, e.g. GIF. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ SOUTHEAST ICELAND: NORTHERLY 5 AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE SOUTHEASTERLY 4 OR 5 INCREASING 6 OR 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LATER. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf