Q: Why doesn’t the OSP apply to things that are merely referenced in the specification?
A: It is a common practice that technology licenses focus on the specifics of what is detailed in the specification(s) and exclude what are frequently called “enabling technologies.” If we included patent claims to the enabling technology, then as an extreme example, it could be argued that one needs computer and operating system patents to implement almost any information technology specification. No such broad patent licenses to referenced technologies are ever given for specific industry standards.
Tout ce qui est directement necessaire a l'implementation de la spec est couvert.
[^] # Re: 500.000 signatures pour dire non à ooxml en tant que norme ISO
Posté par pasBill pasGates . En réponse à la dépêche Argumentaire et pétition contre la normalisation de OpenXML. Évalué à 0.
cf. http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx#EXG
Q: Why doesn’t the OSP apply to things that are merely referenced in the specification?
A: It is a common practice that technology licenses focus on the specifics of what is detailed in the specification(s) and exclude what are frequently called “enabling technologies.” If we included patent claims to the enabling technology, then as an extreme example, it could be argued that one needs computer and operating system patents to implement almost any information technology specification. No such broad patent licenses to referenced technologies are ever given for specific industry standards.
Tout ce qui est directement necessaire a l'implementation de la spec est couvert.