- From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group, 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, Robert Simmons rsimmons@spamcop.net Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7wgy0v8Bofna59hYRA2EHAJ9TBeQF3oqL2X9YzYHLPzH/rQ8vkwCgv0S1 rs+0FEJexU2wqtKRnrox28M= =zv0R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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