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> So it's not like you can say 'all IEEE standards should be patent free'. What? Sure you can. See the W3C patent policy, as one example: https://www.w3.org/Co
by derf_ 3y ago
> So it's not like you can say 'all IEEE standards should be patent free'.
What? Sure you can. See the W3C patent policy, as one example: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20200915/ https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20200915/
That other organizations do not do that is a choice.
- rocqua 3y agoW3C is almost pure software. That is an area where patents shouldn't exist, and luckily an area where patents are not ubiquitous. For things like WiFi, or 5G, there is a lot more room for 'real' patents. Because there is a lot more hardware/electronics design in there. Aswell as there being a culture that is much more accepting of patents which means a lot more of the design space is covered by patents.