[jakarta.ee-spec.committee] compatibility and innovation agenda item

[Scott Stark <sstark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have missed the past two spec meetings due to vacation, so I'd like to clarify this agenda item for tomorrow's call:

Patent Policy document

Continue the discussion on the balance between compatibility and innovation

Mark Little or Scot Stark will hopefully be able to represent Red Hat’s view on the tradeoff between innovation and compatibility.

How was this brought up in the context of the patent policy draft that Scott Peterson of Red Hat has contributed to? I know there has been a discussion of whether patent rights should be tied to the release of a specification or passing of the TCK, but I don't remember that being tied to a balance between innovation and compatibility?