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I'm beginning to doubt the "IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Manager" has the authority to do what he's doing, and I'm beginning to think this will blow over with an official response from the IEEE saying as much and rescinding this joker's fake 'policy'.



What would be the "IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Manager"'s incentive to act in this manner if not under official order from IEEE to minimize the amount of public domain content?


Not everyone acts rationally you know. He could just be an idiot...


Somehow, that reminds me of the IEEE-USA amicus brief on software patents:

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20090922030639...


This page has been up for years.


Well, that does tend to refute my point if the IEEE's stance hasn't changed in the interim.




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