- From: Stefanos Kiakas <stefanos@e-scape.net>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 07:29:26 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
- cc: stefanos@e-scape.net
Hello, I would like to take this opportunity to object to the creation of WWW standards which contain technologies that are patented. The WWW is medium we may all use to communicate. The WWW and the Internet are based on open standards (TCP/IP, WWW, FTP etc) which have worked considerably well in defining this medium. Therefore we should not now change this medium into the "Tower of Babel" by introducing patented technologies in W3C standards. Should any company with a petented technology wish to make their technology a standard then they are entitled to try to make it so, but such a standard should in no way be endorsed by W3C as a WWW standard. Sincerely, Stefanos Kiakas
Received on Monday, 1 October 2001 05:13:37 UTC