Date and Time: August 26, 3 pm GMT (8 am Pacific, 11 am Eastern, 5 pm CET, 11 pm Beijing)
This forum will discuss the potential tension between some software development and business models and standards that include IPRs licensed under FRAND or RAND terms.
On the one hand, the standardization system is industry-driven and based on voluntary participation. FRAND and RAND licensing of IPRs included in standards provide incentives for participation by IP holders while ensuring access on non-discriminatory terms to any company that wishes to implement the standard.
On the other hand, companies that develop open source software may find it hard to maintain their business model while complying with FRAND/RAND licensing terms. An issue that is of great relevance particularly as implementing a particular standard could be necessary to make a product or a service interoperable.
The discussion will take place at this page: http://www.talkstandards.com/questions-for-standards-and-oss-open-forum/
Mattias Ganslandt, Editor
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All - Several points that bear on the discussion. I'm fascinated by the discussions about the periphery of standards and standardization. ...
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As our world is not black and white but gray the matter is not about strict rules and exclusion. We ...
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@A. Rebentisch: "It would be unacceptable to require a citizen or business to license a patent from a private stakeholder ...
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@JCB: Nice question. I fear it will cause us to vote along the lines of our backgrounds, however, ...
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