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In 2010 Jobs promised "We're going to the standards bodies, starting tomorrow, and we're going to make FaceTime an open industry standard." Afaik it didn't hap
by corv 11y ago
In 2010 Jobs promised "We're going to the standards bodies, starting tomorrow, and we're going to make FaceTime an open industry standard."
Afaik it didn't happen because of patent issues.
- Qantourisc 11y agoPatents prevent you from documenting, what is already documented in the patents ?!? I do however recognize the usage of the open standard would be limited by this. But one has options: other users could get a license, or one could try to change the protocol, to be able to avoid (some) patents, allowing both the patented and non patented way. To me it just feels like they just don't care enough.
- ascagnel_ 11y agoParty A may have an agreement or indemnification clause from patent holder B, but they may not have the right to extend that to other parties. So when C comes along and implements party A's new thing, they leave themselves open to lawsuits from party B. Also, patents do not have to document everything. You can leave out some trade secrets, as long as the patent itself documents enough to prove it's a novel invention.