• To: Don Park <donpark@d...>
• Subject: Re: WS-I and IP?
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: 18 Apr 2002 22:38:37 -0400
• Cc: Xml-Dev <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <000001c1e74a$3fa2baf0$6501a8c0@rainbow>
• References: <000001c1e74a$3fa2baf0$6501a8c0@rainbow>

On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 22:31, Don Park wrote:
> My understanding is that WS-I was formed to promote inter-operability
> among web service protocol stacks.  What I am not sure about is WS-I's
> position on patents.  I would like to see all protocols accepted by WS-I
> for inter-operability be declared either patent-free or at least
> cost-free.  While I am not too confident of positions taken by founding
> members of WS-I, I am encouraged by IBM's recent move regarding ebXML
> specs.

IBM now claims to be letting the ebXML patents slide:
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-886526.html

> Could WS-I members please speak up on this subject?

They may have changed it since, but you may want to look at the IP
agreement at:
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861070,00.html
 
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Simon St.Laurent
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