- From: Paul David Lukes <pdlukes@luchie-chowchows.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:19:28 +0100
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
... by definition! It discriminates against poor people, small companies, and poorer regions of the world. Does "Non-discriminatory" licensing outlaw quantity discounts, or large on-off buyouts which favour larger companies? I see no mention of this. There is a secondary form of discrimination: when a small company is being discriminated against, will they sue the large corporation? Will they then go bust waiting for the W3C and the lawyers to stop arguing? While I can see that making money out of implementations of open standards is perfectly reasonable, the idea of having so-called open standards licensed is just plain wrong. P.D. Lukes.
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