- From: Eric Johnson <ejohnson@calarts.edu>
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 16:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Please, I urge you to reconsider your policy regarding commercialization of web standards. For those who wish to create revenue from patented standards online, they can create compelling applications using them. This action will severely limit growth on the internet and impede further development on standards. Where would we be if TCP/IP weren't open? Or if HTML or IRC hadn't been open? Don't force the purchasing public to use AOL... which could well happen if this continues forward, or there could be a parsing of the internet altogether and a potential reduction of the control of the standards bodies currently controlling it. Regards. =-Eric
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