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What does "excluded" mean in w3.org's discussions of patents? Does it mean the patent holder has refused to give an acceptable licence for the "excluded" claims?

[edit] External links

• W3C Patent Policy (and see the subsection defining "royalty-free")
• Investigation into a patent potentially blocking their Widgets Updating standard, regarding Apple's patent
• Software Patents: W3C Standards (Part 7), by Erik J Heels
• W3C Patents and Standards Interest Group
• Article about how Ogg Theora complies with W3C's patent policy, by Harvey Anderson, VP and General Counsel of Mozilla Corporation