- From: Craig Saila <crsaila@yahoo.ca>
- Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:52:04 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
First, let me thank you for extending your call for comments. The Web became what it is today based on the willingness of the initial developers to keep the key technologies free and open. Had the the ideas behind HTTP and HTML been patented there is no way the Web would be still growing as strong in its second decade. The proposed W3C Patent Policy Framework patents seems brutally ironic coming as it does on the heels of software which finally lives up to the W3C's recommendations. Patents create more patents, as organizations rushing to protect even the most nascent ideas. Patents create barriers, real or imagined, to open development. Patents -- be they royalty-free or based on reasonable, non-discriminatory licensing terms -- will hurt both the growth and the maturation of the Web. Despite the arguments presented in the various documents, I see no compelling evidence that patents are necessary for the viability of the Web. I urge the W3C reject the recommendations of the Patent Policy Working Group. In fact, I urge the W3C take the opposite path, and work to ensure its members not patent any developments that may become W3C drafts. Sincerely, Craig Saila ------------------------------------------ craig@saila.com : http://www.saila.com/ ------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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