- From: Tropea, Greg <GTROPEA@csuchico.edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:22:01 -0700
- To: "'www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org'" <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Esteemed Colleagues: The level of trust enjoyed by the W3C is a fragile thing of great value. The fairness of policy that is the foundation of that trust is also the foundation of much hope in the developing world. Now, more than ever, even the appearance of diminishing the hopes of economically marginalized populations must be avoided out of self interest, if not plain decency. If the W3C takes a strong stand against incorporating encumbered technologies into standards, trust will remain. But if the W3C comes to be perceived as a front for sharpies, we will watch this wonderful WWW disintegrate into a small group of armed camps focused more on contention than conversation. We already have enough of those. Keep the faith, Gregory Tropea Dept. of Philosophy Cal. State Univ., Chico
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