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Perhaps at the time they declined, they thought they still had a chance of winning the patents without giving them to Microsoft and Apple too. Or perhaps they
by ddlatham 15y ago
Perhaps at the time they declined, they thought they still had a chance of winning the patents without giving them to Microsoft and Apple too. Or perhaps they thought that it wouldn't be worth the money they would have to chip in to the group to share them. Both are plausible reasons.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y agoI agree, that is pretty reasonable. It is pretty straight forward too so I really should have thought of that myself.