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Re:Steve Jobs Promised Open Source FaceTime Back in 2010: Wh... by raldi on Thursday June 07, 2018 @01:41PM (#17258205)
I don't see why the patents made an open standard impossible, or even relatively difficult.
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Re:Steve Jobs Promised Open Source FaceTime Back in 2010: Wh... by duskwuff on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:11PM (#17258532)
The patents covered parts of the technology which Apple planned to make an open standard. This would have left the standard patent-encumbered, making it hazardous to implement.
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