No, I made the point I wanted to make.
No, I made the point I wanted to make.
Posted Feb 7, 2010 21:34 UTC (Sun) by DonDiego (guest, #24141)In reply to: No, I made the point I wanted to make. by gmaxwell
Parent article: Blizzard: HTML5 video and H.264 - what history tells us and why we're standing with the web
> > I'll stop wondering about submarine patents the moment you guys earn my trust by publishing your findings.
> You could at least get the terminology right. A "submarine patent" isn't what you should be worried about, submarine patents are an old technique for making effectively secret patents that could last for decades, scary indeed.
I'm not a native speaker and was indeed unfamiliar with the meaning you connect to the term "submarine patent". Note however, that this very same confusion exists between the German and English Wikipedia entries.