Committed, until the monopoly comes calling
Feb 15, 2012, 06:01 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Richard Hillesley)
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"Microsoft, and other corporate entities have lobbied the
Cabinet Office to rescind their policy and replace the definition
of an open standard with a definition that is termed Reasonable and
Non-discriminatory (RAND). RAND allows 'patent holders to claim
royalties from anyone trying to implement the standard,' which
would work against the participation of free and open source
software, and inhibit interoperability."
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