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Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights over the Internet? | |
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| Time: 11:44 EST/16:44 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Has Microsoft been trying to retroactively claim IP (intellectual property) rights over many of the Internet's basic protocols? Larry J. Blunk, senior engineer for networking research and development at Merit Network Inc., believes that might be the case. Blunk expressed these concerns about Microsoft's Royalty Free Protocol License Agreement in a recent note to the IETF's Intellectual Property Rights Working Group. Specifically, Blunk suggested that Microsoft seemed to be claiming IP rights to many vital Internet protocols. And by so doing, "Microsoft is injecting a significant amount of unwarranted uncertainty and doubt regarding non-Microsoft implementations of these protocols," Blunk said. | ||
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| #1 By 8556 (12.217.173.227) at 11/8/2004 3:40:57 PM |
| Al Gore invented the Internet. Ask him. |
| #2 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 11/9/2004 9:13:23 AM |
| If you can't detect the deeply seeded sarcasm in ClosedStandard's posts then you should probably seek professional help ;-) ... Nah just kidding. I burst out in laughter all the time at his posts. His posts are one of the few things left that make visiting this site worthwhile! |
| #3 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 11/9/2004 11:33:38 AM |
| You should really stop referring to Microsoft as M$. Don't be a hater! |
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