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Er, I'm not so sure it's good news, given their obvious desire to "monetize" it. A standard protocol that's freely implementable by all is vastly superior to a
by snogglethorpe 14y ago
Er, I'm not so sure it's good news, given their obvious desire to "monetize" it.
A standard protocol that's freely implementable by all is vastly superior to a slightly faster proprietary protocol heavily encumbered by IP bullshit.
- chii 14y agoMonetizing a protocol is poor form, but monetizing an implementation of a protocol is not. If they created a new protocol specification, and opened it up, _and_ their implementation (which could be proprietary for all i care) is faster, then its all fine. As long as other people could implement the protocol in a different way without infringing on patents.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoSure, but that last "as long as" is a huge one ... getting on a patent gravy-train is almost certainly a prime goal.