- From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:06:01 +0200
- To: Janet Daly <janet@w3.org>, www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
- Cc: djw@w3.org
On October 2, 2001 05:28 am, Janet Daly wrote: > All; > > This is the plain text version of W3C's Response to Public Comments on > the W3C Patent Policy Framework Working Draft. The Hypertext version, > with links, is available at: > > http://www.w3.org/2001/10/patent-response From the document: 3. Is this the end of of Royalty-Free licenses for W3C Recommendations? No. The policy defines two licensing modes for a Working Group: Royalty-Free and RAND. I can't take the liberty of speaking for everybody, but at this point it is not hard to see that many hold a similar view: I do not want RAND. How clear can I make that? I do not want to have it explained to me why I am wrong and really should want RAND. > In response to requests from the public and W3C Member organizations, > W3C has decided to extend the review period (for both public and > Members) until 11 October 2001. That is not long enough. Furthermore, it is not sufficient to simply extend the comment period. The entire process should be begun again from the start, without the apparent attempt at concealment from public view, and with participation of other interested parties, such as members of the open source community. Without this, W3C will be unable to claim any kind of legitimacy for this process. It would also not hurt to admit the obvious: that the W3C has a fiasco on its hands. -- Daniel
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