comment on RAND

as bruce perens notes, the term 'reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing' is an oxymoron. any kind of patent licensing that is
not royalty free discriminates against open source and free software. i believe that the w3c should refuse to endorse any standards
that are encumbered by pay-licensing. furthermore, if the w3c chooses to accept patents with royalty free licensing, the w3c should
formulate and demand a clear standard for royalty-free licensing which makes it impossible for the patent holder to change the terms
of the license.


Russell Uman
russ@viz.com

Received on Thursday, 4 October 2001 17:18:42 UTC