Reluctance to sign license agreements is common, and Microsoft is leaving itself open to criticism that it is being "high-handed" and "dictatorial" with the Caller ID technology, Frank said.
So far, Microsoft has given no indication as to whether it will consider turning Caller ID over to a standards body, Levine said. As it stands, the company's licensing model for Caller ID does not conform to any of the IETF's policies for handling patents, he said.
Microsoft can still make good on its Caller ID technology, but it must be clearer about its intentions to make the technology permanently open and royalty-free, Levine said.
History has many models to offer, including Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc.'s 1979 patent on Setuid, a method of controlling access to files on a computer that became a core element of the Unix operating system, he said.
In the absence of involvement by standards organizations, a clearer statement from Microsoft about its plans for managing Caller ID might calm fears in the technical community, Levine and others said.
"If they want to offer free, permanent licenses for Caller ID, that's great, but could you please make your license say that?" Levine said.
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