[Gllug] [OTish] Embedding objects patent

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst "Andrew Black (li)" announce to the hordes:
> 
> 
> > This one would seem specially worrying
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-plugins/2003Aug/0096.html
> 
> 
> Hi
> Could you explain the background to this?

In brief, University of california claim they invented web plugins, patented
it, and licensed it to a company called Eolas. They sued microsoft for
patent infringement and just recently had it settled out of court, and now,
the entire interactivity of the web is at risk.

('specially flash and non-builtin java)

Well... At least UC claim they'll license academic/research/individual uses
for free... So maybe the opensource browsers are safe, seeing as they're
non-commercial. Opera might have a spot of bother though. :(

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