- From: James B. Bushman <Bushman_Associates@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:47:50 -0400
- To: w3 org <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
I just read my son's email below and support his position 110%. In short, I support Alan Cox's commentary!!!. Thanks, James B. Bushman, President, Bushman & Associates, Inc., Medina, OH 44256 -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: Robert Bushman, INTERNET:bob@traxel.com To: News Subsystem, INTERNET:news@traxel.com Date: 10/2/2001 12:35 PM RE: [news] [ai] FW: RAND is Unreasonable and Discriminatory (fwd) Following is the message I sent to the W3C regarding their upcoming decision on whether royalty encumbered technologies should be considered for inclusion in World Wide Web standards. IE: should the Web specify the use of Windows Media Player compressed audio? Recommend you consider voicing your opinion be sending a letter to the address shown below. You can see more info on the issue at: http://www.w3.org/2001/10/patent-response http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/30/1454216&mode=thread http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/02/1238201&mode=thread Bob Bushman Apollo - IT R&D +1 480 557 1845 bob.bushman@apollogrp.edu -----Original Message----- From: Bob Bushman Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:49 AM To: 'www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org' Subject: RAND is Unreasonable and Discriminatory I would like to add my name to the list of supporters of Alan Cox's commentary on this issue. In short, the Internet serves humanity best by being a non-discriminatory public forum. In order for this to be the case, there must be minimal barrier to entry. Adopting license encumbered technologies as a part of the standards of the World Wide Web would create a barrier to smaller enterprises and individuals. Much of the innovation that has been fostered by the Internet has come from these independant sectors. The W3C should if anything, seek to promote their entry to the Internet, and at the very least should not impede it. License encumbered technologies are not barred from the World Wide Web. Flash, PDF, and GIF all enjoy very successful and profitable positions. There is no barrier to their use, and there should be no barrier their non-use. Bob Bushman Apollo - IT R&D +1 480 557 1845 bob.bushman@apollogrp.edu ----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- Sender: owner-news@traxel.com Received: from stable.traxel.com (colo208.acedsl.com [160.79.54.208]) by siaag1ad.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.12) with ESMTP id MAA03842 for <bushman_associates@compuserve.com>; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:35:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by stable.traxel.com (Postfix) id 3C1791AE82; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:34:09 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: news-list@traxel.com Received: by stable.traxel.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 11A4C1AE86; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:34:09 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: news@traxel.com Received: by stable.traxel.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 805521AE82; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:34:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stable.traxel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E80A1710D for <news@traxel.com>; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:34:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:34:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Bushman <bob@traxel.com> To: News Subsystem <news@traxel.com> Subject: [news] [ai] FW: RAND is Unreasonable and Discriminatory (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0110021233530.28150-100000@traxel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-news@traxel.com Precedence: bulk
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