• To: "'Don Park'" <donpark@d...>, "'Xml-Dev'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: StAX XMLStreamWriter Oddities
• From: "Bob Wyman" <bob@w...>
• Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:00:35 -0500
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• In-reply-to: <005301c3a5f0$3475df20$6601a8c0@rainbow>
• Reply-to: <bob@w...>

Don Park wrote:
>Also, I noticed that there is a patent filed on StAX by the StAX spec
lead:

	It's not a patent, just a patent application. These days, it
is becoming fairly common practice to file applications on just about
everything you do even if only to give your lawyers a chance to file
continuations or modifications, etc. in the future. Nonetheless, it is
useful to see who files these applications. It certainly tells you a
lot about their willingness to be open with their technology... 
	If this was a "defensive" application, intended to block
others from filing patents and thus keeping the technology open, then
it would be more appropriate to file for a "Statutory Invention
Record," or SIR, which is like a patent but explicitly waives rights
over the invention.

		bob wyman

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