it's no biggie....I didn't mean to be critical of it.
Thing is....generally standards set a path in bringing things together.
When e.Digital manages an alliance, which is what I feel these settlements are, a license or licenses are issued for all of 774 foreign and domestic....or FlashR....or both.
There is a standard being recognized for a particular set of methodologies in delivering data streams from storage media.
e.Digital methods compete as an unrecognized consideration with other standards.
There is more than a monetary gain in these ventures when agreements are met.
doni