Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I think the solution here is to come up with a reasonable definition of
> "free" that would fail to be met in the specific case of BOCU.  I don't
> think it is an impossible problem to solve.  How about 'Should be
> possible to implement without having to pay for a patent license'?

That's IMO not quite strong enough.  There are patent licenses which
don't require to pay a fee but which impose other conditions that are
so severe that having to pay a fee would be by far the lesser evil.

How about: 'Should be possible to implement without having to ask for
permission or pay a fee'?

Greetings,
Norbert.


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Norbert Bollow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                      http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG    http://SIUG.ch
Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org

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