] Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn have been awarded the Turing
] award for the TCP/IP protocol. Or in plain English, for
] making the Internet possible. One of the reasons given
] for the adoption of the TCP/IP protocols was they were
] unencumbered by patent claims, because Cerf and Kahn
] didn't file for any. This was open source at its purest:

Interesting take...

GrokLaw: Cerf and Kahn Win Turing Award