That is intended to market and publicize IPSL.
No, it's not. It is intended to be a hail Mary effort to try to garner enough interest to make it a standardized protocol. As I said long ago, nobody wants a non-standard DSL technology. The only protocols that have been adopted on a large scale are those sanctioned by ITU and IEEE as standards, which IPSL is not.
It does not they are giving away their patent rights to it.
Sure it does. If they make IPSL an "open protocol", then all intellectual property associated with it becomes public domain. While they might still have rights to the patents (they don't "own" any patents, IIRC), the rights to exclusive use are given up when they voluntarily offer the IP to the public to "use it, modify it, and make money off of it".
Here's the deal. By making IPSL an "open protocol", they have instantly commoditized it. If it is ever adopted as a standard, those who make money off of it will be those companies who are able to develop chipsets quickly and mass-produce them cheaply.
RIM has demonstrated a decided lack of ability on both of those counts.
I do not understand the motive to bash everything that this company tries to do. If you are not happy with what they have to say, then sell your shares and move on...someone else will take your position.
Yet another cheerleader who tries to stifle constructive discussion...
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