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Potential IP (Patent, not Protocol) Troubles for SOAP 1.2

Posted by timothy on from the thunk-it-first dept.

sckienle writes "Infoworld has an article on possible patent problems ahead for the SOAP 1.2 recommendation. Apparently two companies are claiming they may have patents that cover parts of the specification. But, they have yet to specify the relevant patent numbers or even how they feel there would be infringement. Here is The Register's spin on this."

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  1. Why HTTP? by mhesseltine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know this question has been asked before, but why do people insist on SOAP running over HTTP? HTTP isn't designed to store state information. It's a Hyper TEXT TRANSFER protocol. I know that it runs over port 80, so sysadmins don't have to open another port; but seriously, if you have an application running through your firewall, wouldn't you want to see that traffic as something other than typical web traffic?

    Not trying to flame here; actually looking for a serious answer.

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