- From: Eric E. Coe <Eric.Coe@oracle.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:54:59 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
- Message-ID: <20011002145459.C7733@grok>
A W3C standards effort that discovers a infringing patent should first try (after validating that a real problem exists) to the get the patent holders to licence it RF; failing that, then they should start over and remove/replace that technology from the standard. Do this a couple of times and the holders of bypassed patents will be more willing to properly licence them to avoid being marginalizd. It is better to have NO standard than a flawed, encumbered standard. The internet community can wait. And if members of that community are feeling impatient, then they can lobby the obstructing patent holders directly. Anything else than this firm stance will ensure a slide down a slippery slope, ending up where any but the most trivial standard will be patent encumbered and ususable in free software. -- #!/usr/bin/perl -i4lfirm{8+:2cqsynlz:5%@0:3Siwr:1Kwvx print 'Eric E. Coe, JAPH (and Oracle Principle Engineer) Work: 914.773.8017 Eric.Coe@oracle.com AIM: "Eric Coe US" Home: 973.663.0840 Cell: 973.945.8957 ecoe@reportica.org BTW, the meaning of JAPH is:',"\n@{[map{($i,@a)=unpack 'ac*',$_;pack'c*',map{$_-$i++}@a}sort split/:/,$^I]}\n" __END__ As always, the opinions expressed are solely my own, and not my employer's (though they should be!)
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