- From: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@nis.acs.uci.edu>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 17:55:43 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Received on Wednesday, 3 October 2001 21:00:26 UTC
The fastest, most positive advances in computer software, as hindered by the selfish warring between the many proprietary computer software vendors, have all been centered around a piece of Free software or a royalty-free open standard, or better still: both. These key bits of lagniappe have created the fertile ground on which your avaricious patent efforts stand. RAND-like licensing has no place in any standards organization governing computer software, where a traditional-duration patent is like an aeon to more mature, slower moving industries. If some portion of web standards becomes royalty-tainted, I will fervently support a free software schism. But I would of course prefer it if the patent lovers who seek to create a strangle-hold on "open" standards would not force my hand. Thank you for reading. -- Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
Received on Wednesday, 3 October 2001 21:00:26 UTC