- From: Tom Garcia <tgarcia@hivemind.org>
- Date: 08 Oct 2001 13:31:50 +0100
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group, As a developer and implementor of the standards at w3.org, I'm concerned about the recent Patent Policy Framework draft, which could allow W3C members to charge royalty fees for technologies included in web standards. In particular, I object to the inclusion of a "reasonable and non-discriminatory" (RAND) licensing option in the proposed policy. I believe that the exclusive use of a "royalty-free" (RF) licensing model is in the best interests of the Internet community, and that RAND licensing would always necessarily exclude some would-be implementors. I applaud the W3C for its tradition of providing open-source reference implementations and its work to promote a wide variety of interoperable implementations of its open standards. The W3C can best continue its work of "leading the Web to its full potential" by continuing this tradition, and saying no to RAND licensing. Sincerely, Tom Garcia 11 Half Moon Lane Worthing BN13 2EN UK -- Tom Garcia | tgarcia@hivemind.org | www.hivemind.org GPG F4B8 04A4 3799 DF96 CC7A 2FDB 3EC4 CC85 1F4C 0D87 Support Freedom | www.eff.org | www.fsf.org
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