- From: <astajko1@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Tue Oct 2 13:46:14 2001
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear Reader; The world wide web is a fascinating, free, indispensible tool for all to use. The W3C has done a great job thus far in promoting royalty-free standards which help the growth of the web. I am saddened and angry that the W3C organization wishes to allow anyone to impose royalties on standards created in a spirit for all to use. Furthermore, I do not like the fact that just anyone can go out and patent a current W3C standard and AUTOMATICALLY be able to charge fees for something that already existed under free terms! This proposal can only hurt and stifle the growth of the web. It will also hurt the W3C as it stands now as a place for standards. If the W3C adopts this proposal then they will eventually die and another orgaization will come up in its place.
Received on Tuesday, 2 October 2001 13:46:14 UTC