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From what I am reading, the patent only applies to handhelds. Perens is now a director of a foundation seeking to concentrate protection from this into one group: his. He makes good points and the open sourcers seem to be wising up to the realities of business models, but he is also hustling business for himself. I'll say here as I do there: if you make a call for arms, you better be armed. Again: be precise about what a standard is and more precise about participation agreements for members of standards organizations. An IP keiretsu is the complementary model for open source. By extension, liasons among complementary organizations are necessary. Only IP collected and managed at this scale will preserve development domains from becoming proprietary. Fighting the patent system and large well-heeled organizations directly is a waste of energy. If you want a healthy commons, learn to manage them the way wildlife preserves are managed. len From: Jeff Greif [mailto:jgreif@a...] And the preset buttons on radios that when 'clicked' select the preset frequency, and when held down, set the preset frequency to the currently tuned value.
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