An application that Microsoft filed last year with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could be interpreted to give the software giant broad rights to RSS, or really simple syndication, technology. The possibility that Microsoft might wind up charging license fees for any RSS-type application has caused denizens of the blogosphere to take up arms against the Redmond, Wash.-based conglomerate. Microsoft has denied that it is laying claim to RSS technology as a whole, maintaining that it only wants to improve the end user and developer experience.
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Microsoft’s RSS Patent Application Raises Hackles
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 28, 2006 02:38 PMAn application that Microsoft filed last year with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office could be interpreted to give the software giant broad rights to RSS, or really simple syndication, technology. The possibility that Microsoft might wind up charging license fees for any RSS-type application has caused denizens of the blogosphere to take up arms against the Redmond, Wash.-based conglomerate. Microsoft has denied that it is laying claim to RSS technology as a whole, maintaining that it only wants to improve the end user and developer experience.