Vincent, Correct me if I'm wrong: One or more of the patent holders who claim thart SVG uses patents could demand that all software that does stuff with SVG could demand a royalty payment for the use of Batik.
This is the issue: Will the patent claims made by the vendors at this page: http://www.w3.org/2001/07/SVG10-IPR-statements.html who have "RAND" (Reasonable and non-discriminatory terms) in their License Summary column demand patent payments from the Batik project developers and/or users? What have Apple, IBM, Eastman Kodak, and Quark said on this issue? Any idea? On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 10:30:43 +0200, Vincent Hardy wrote: > > You raise issues with the patent situation in > the W3C with regards to SVG, and this debate is relevant > for Batik, but I think it is important to make the > distinction between Batik and SVG: they are two different things. > When raising important issues, I think it is key to be > careful before putting negative tags on projects (for example, > talking about Batik "proprietary standards" is both inaccurate and > negative). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
