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+ | Patents harm standards and compatibility by blocking the inclusion of necessary or important functionality. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | ==Standards with patent problems== | ||
+ | * [[GIF]] used to have patent problems when using LZW compression. These patents are now expired. | ||
+ | * [[Multimedia Home Platform]] | ||
+ | * [[HTML5]] | ||
+ | * [[Jpeg2000]] - the web standard that many worked on but nobody used | ||
+ | * [[Audio-video patents|mpeg]] (mp3 and mpeg video) | ||
+ | * [[OOXML]] - a Microsoft document format | ||
+ | * [[OpenGL 3]] | ||
+ | * [[TLS-authz]] | ||
+ | * [[H.264]] | ||
+ | * [[IPv6]] | ||
+ | * [[Real Media]] - audio and video formats with patent problems<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#Real_Media_Player</ref> | ||
+ | * [[ISO 9660 Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol]] - afflicted by the [[Microsoft FAT patents]]<ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/German-appeal-court-upholds-Microsoft-FAT-patent-985550.html</ref> | ||
+ | * [[mp3]] | ||
+ | * [[GSM]] | ||
+ | * [[G.729, G.722, and G.723.1]] | ||
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+ | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}== | ||
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+ | * [[audio-video patents]] | ||
+ | * [[Interoperability exceptions]] - a legislative idea for a partial victory | ||
+ | * [[Harm with neither litigation nor threats]] | ||
+ | * [[Patenting around what will become essential]] | ||
+ | * [[Patent ambush]] (also discusses submarine patents) | ||
+ | * [[Inequality between small and large patent holders]] | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | ===General articles=== | ||
+ | * [http://perens.com/Articles/PatentFarming.html The problems of patents in standards], by '''[[Bruce Perens]]''' | ||
+ | * [http://fsfeurope.org/projects/os/ps.en.html Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents], by '''Georg Greve''' | ||
+ | * [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL], by '''[[SFLC]]''' | ||
+ | * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Patents_in_Standards Patents in Standards], from wikibook "FOSS Open Standards" | ||
+ | * [http://www.w3.org/2004/10/patents-standards-innovation.html Standards, Patents and the Dynamics of Innovation on the World Wide Web], by [[w3c]]'s '''Daniel Weitzner''' | ||
+ | * [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.xiph.org/press/2011/ftc/ Xiph.Org Comments for the Federal Trade Commission Patent Standards Workshop], 14 June 2011, '''Xiph.org''' (audio-video software) | ||
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+ | ===Specific standards harmed=== | ||
+ | * [http://www.w3.org/2009/03/widgets-pag-charter The Widgets Updating standard], of [[W3C]] blocked by [[Apple]]'s patent | ||
+ | * [http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/ietf-please-reject-draft-housley-tls-authz-extns IETF: Please reject the "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Authorization Extensions" proposed standard], by [[FSF]] | ||
+ | * [http://mailman.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q2/000138.html Microsoft: "Our software patents preclude interoperability"], 2006 press release by [[FSFE]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.videolan.org/press/patents.html The VideoLan media player and other software for working with video formats are threatened by software patents] | ||
+ | * [http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html Does FFmpeg infringe patents? We don't know] | ||
+ | * [http://pubpat.org/13 The jpeg file format was threatened], article by [[PubPat]] | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
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+ | {{footer}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Arguments]] |
Revision as of 10:53, 3 August 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.
Contents
Standards with patent problems
- GIF used to have patent problems when using LZW compression. These patents are now expired.
- Multimedia Home Platform
- HTML5
- Jpeg2000 - the web standard that many worked on but nobody used
- mpeg (mp3 and mpeg video)
- OOXML - a Microsoft document format
- OpenGL 3
- TLS-authz
- H.264
- IPv6
- Real Media - audio and video formats with patent problems[1]
- ISO 9660 Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol - afflicted by the Microsoft FAT patents[2]
- mp3
- GSM
- G.729, G.722, and G.723.1
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- audio-video patents
- Interoperability exceptions - a legislative idea for a partial victory
- Harm with neither litigation nor threats
- Patenting around what will become essential
- Patent ambush (also discusses submarine patents)
- Inequality between small and large patent holders
External links
General articles
- The problems of patents in standards, by Bruce Perens
- Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents, by Georg Greve
- Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL, by SFLC
- Patents in Standards, from wikibook "FOSS Open Standards"
- Standards, Patents and the Dynamics of Innovation on the World Wide Web, by w3c's Daniel Weitzner
- A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards, about patents and standards, by Glyn Moody
- Definition of "royalty-free" for standards, W3C
- Xiph.Org Comments for the Federal Trade Commission Patent Standards Workshop, 14 June 2011, Xiph.org (audio-video software)
Specific standards harmed
- The Widgets Updating standard, of W3C blocked by Apple's patent
- IETF: Please reject the "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Authorization Extensions" proposed standard, by FSF
- Microsoft: "Our software patents preclude interoperability", 2006 press release by FSFE
- The VideoLan media player and other software for working with video formats are threatened by software patents
- Does FFmpeg infringe patents? We don't know
- The jpeg file format was threatened, article by PubPat