Re: They patented IRC, CSS, P3P, ... !!

Joseph M. Reagle Jr. (reagle@MIT.EDU)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:37:55 -0500


Software patents should be abolished, but it'll never happen....

http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2194490,00.html

While Intel was drawing the ire and fire of privacy groups over its plans to
identify PC users traversing the Web by tying them to a unique serial number
built into its Pentium III processors, a little-known software developer was
awarded a patent last week that may derail a year-long effort by the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and leading Internet companies to come up with a
solution to online privacy.

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