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Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:
>chapman@centerline.com (Scott Chapman, (Scott Chapman x233)) writes:
>SC(> Kodak has every right to claim ownership of the format, and 
>SC(> to regulate its use. 
>Let's see:
>Kodak puts bits onto a disk for me, hands me back the disk (in exchange for
>some money), and Kodak owns the format of the bits--that is to say, any/all
>methods that might come about to enable humans to make sense of those bits in
>that order.
>--Adam--
Kodak can and probably will be required to license this patent to other 
companies.  Anytime a technology is considered a standard it can be required
to be licensed to others. That's how Kodak lost the exclusive patent on film
development.  It's probably too early to say if this is a standard yet but it
kinda looks like it will be.
-Terry