As to your comments to Richard I wish you luck with it... you
don't make
RMS go away that easily and you've likely made it a bigger issue now
than it already was.
The probability that RMS will respond again is very low. His form
in these matters is to lob a bomb then retire from the field thinking
he has done his work.
The Area Director has already stated that the accusations of bad
faith being made are unprofessional and must stop.
It really is not an issue, either the license is provided on time
or the technology gets dropped. Trying to keep the argument alive
as you have been doing only makes it look like you have a weak position.
If, OTOH the output of MARID uses the GPL I don't need to
hire lawyers,
But only GPL software could use it. GPL is deliberately
encumbered. It would be impossible to ship MARID in BSD code,
let alone commercial code.
Microsoft is not likely to agree to a license that would be
rejected by the majority of the WG members and that it could
not possibly accept itself.
Phill