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(Reading other formats and protocols, regardless of how innovative, will not suffice to fulfil the role of being a document reader or video player)
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* [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2408 A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards], about patents and standards, by '''Glyn Moody'''
 
* [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2408 A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards], about patents and standards, by '''Glyn Moody'''
 
* [http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-RF Definition of "royalty-free" for standards], '''W3C'''
 
* [http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-RF Definition of "royalty-free" for standards], '''W3C'''
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* [http://www.xiph.org/press/2011/ftc/ Xiph.Org Comments for the Federal Trade Commission Patent Standards Workshop], 14 June 2011, '''Xiph.org''' (audio-video software)
  
 
===Specific standards harmed===
 
===Specific standards harmed===

Revision as of 06:36, 18 June 2011

Patents harm standards and compatibility by blocking the inclusion of necessary or important functionality.

Standards and compatibility are essential for software - more so than other fields. If a word processor or a video player cannot read popular document or video formats, it is simply not a functional word processor or video player. Reading other formats and protocols, regardless of how innovative, will not suffice to fulfil the role of being a document reader or video player.

Standards with patent problems

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Specific standards harmed

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