[OT] browser plugin patents - warning!

[Mark Brownell]

On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 08:44  AM, Dar Scott wrote:

> Besides, there is no evidence that I know how to read a patent.

Me to. I can read one but you had better not depend on what I think it 
means.


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

In the background section of the patent there is a lot of definition 
stuff about what a hypertext document is and what a what a hypermedia 
document is.


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

FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) it's a tried and true tactic. This 
whole thing directly effects my MTML project. I may need to drop the 
auto next feature for sound and video in my new MTML browser 
applications. I was using a href="soundAuto=audiofile.wav" /a tags to 
create auto play tags that auto execute a go to next. This might be 
seen as using a form of the patented process. I liked the feature. I 
will have to read the whole patent. My idea goes to the next page, an 
MTML "<page> HTML / MTML here </page>" after the sound or video is done 
playing.

Mark