Re: [syndication] Re: RDF under patent attack?

[Julian Bond <julian_bond@voidstar.com>]

In article <20020103110321.A23286@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham
<mnot@mnot.net> writes
>I agree. The worst possible outcome of this is that the FUD will stop
>people from using RSS and RDF until these issues are resolved. Even
>if the claims are completely baseless, this will take time to find a
>conclusion.
>
>Public outcry, banner campaigns and legions of righteous Slashdotters
>won't do any good in this case; we're not dealing with a large
>corporation that has to worry about a reputation.

It seems the media process has started anyway. It's on Slashdot, Cnet
and there's another O'Reilly weblog entry. Check 
http://www.vertexdev.com/patent_wiki/index.php?page=PatentWiki
for progress. 

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