Simon Josefsson <simon(_at_)josefsson(_dot_)org> wrote:
I think the solution here is to come up with a reasonable definition of
"free" that would fail to be met in the specific case of BOCU. I don't
think it is an impossible problem to solve. How about 'Should be
possible to implement without having to pay for a patent license'?
That's IMO not quite strong enough. There are patent licenses which
don't require to pay a fee but which impose other conditions that are
so severe that having to pay a fee would be by far the lesser evil.
How about: 'Should be possible to implement without having to ask for
permission or pay a fee'?
Greetings,
Norbert.
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Norbert Bollow <nb(_at_)bollow(_dot_)ch> http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG http://SIUG.ch
Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization http://OpenISO.org
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