[OT] browser plugin patents - warning!

[Dar Scott]

On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 08:38 AM, Mark Brownell wrote:

> You caught me. I just love to tell tall tells around the camp fire.

Oh, no, it was good you brought up the mention.  Besides, there is no 
evidence that I know how to read a patent.

> I'm particularly interested in the suit being centered around regards 
> to the parser technology regarding the use of the <embed> </embed> tag 
> set. Let's hope that those wishing for Flash integration in Rev were 
> only hoping it would occur in a player and not in the text field.

Yes.  Yet the mention of Hypercard in the background might contribute 
to a broad interpretation of what a hypertext document is.

The whole thing contributes to an environment in which there is a fear 
to innovate.

Dar Scott