[CS-FSLUG] NI: Apache falls victim to OASIS patent shelter

[Fred A. Miller]

"OASIS offers a very patent-friendly environment, making it the choice of 
vendors who want to get a specification out into the market without being 
bound to commonly accepted rules of openness. But, specifications bearing the 
OASIS imprimatur can end up with unbearable encumbrances that can come back 
later to haunt those who adopted them under the false pretense that they were 
as open as standards from other organizations. Case in point: The Apache 
Foundation has hit a roadblock in implementing WS-Security."

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1591&tag=nl.e539

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