(j3.2006) Fwd: Fwd: Call for Comments - On Draft Proposed INCITS Membership Agreement - Comments Due by Friday, September 6, 2013

Fri Aug 16 10:46:13 EDT 2013

On Aug 16, 2013, at 6:44 AM, Bill Long <longb at cray.com> wrote:

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> On 8/15/13 10:16 PM, Van Snyder wrote:
>> ....   I think this would be unfortunate. 
> Part of the benefit of PL22.3 is the protection (supposedly) against 
> patent claims that the current rules afford members. Loosing that could 
> also throw cold water on the operation of the committee.

Historically, ANSI is also claimed to provide a bit of shelter from US "anti-trust" restrictions on competitor meetings. So much happens outside of ANSI that I'm dubious that this is really relevant, but I'm not a lawyer.  