- From: Steve Smith <smsmith@pobox.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:31:48 -0400
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
If your position on including RAND items in W3C standards does proceed, what it seems will happen is that the Internet will become split yet again on standards. There will be W3C-standards, and a replacement set of RF (royalty-free) standards in place. I, for one, exclusively use Open Source products for all application development and server platforms on the Internet. In the event that any of the W3C standards become closed-standards, then they are no longer standard and I will remove the W3C logo and claim from all of my products and works. It would be a sad day indeed for this to occur. Please think thoroughly before bowing to corporate pressure. Just because there are software patents out there, it doesn't mean that the W3C needs to become tied up in the game of attempting to make them legitimate. Sincerely, Steve Smith smsmith@pobox.com
Received on Wednesday, 3 October 2001 00:27:50 UTC