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[snogglethorpe]

Er, I'm not so sure it's good news, given their obvious desire to "monetize" it.

A standard protocol that's freely implementable by all is vastly superior to a slightly faster proprietary protocol heavily encumbered by IP bullshit.

[chii → snogglethorpe]

Monetizing a protocol is poor form, but monetizing an implementation of a protocol is not.

If they created a new protocol specification, and opened it up, _and_ their implementation (which could be proprietary for all i care) is faster, then its all fine. As long as other people could implement the protocol in a different way without infringing on patents.

[snogglethorpe → chii]

Sure, but that last "as long as" is a huge one ... getting on a patent gravy-train is almost certainly a prime goal.