- From: Jon Slaton <jon@propzone.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:21:34 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear W3C: Internet standards should be kept open and royalty-free. The W3C requirement for disclosure is a good thing. Any participant in a standards working group should be working for a standard that can be used by all, and not trying to mislead others so that one participant can profit unfairly. The Royalty-Free Licensing Mode procedures are good. The Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) Licensing Mode procedures are bad. It seems contrary to the interests of the internet as a whole to make someone pay for using a standard. In fact, the definition of "standard" seems to be in question, because I would say that the terms "proprietary" and "standard" are mutually exclusive. RAND licensing opens the door for powerful entities to coerce developers and to hijack the entire internet infrastructure for their own ends. Please keep proprietary software from being disguised as a "standard" with the W3C's blessing: keep RAND away from the internet. Thank you for your attention, Jon Slaton Propellor Interactive Design, Inc. 919.544.7750 phone 919.544.7781 fax 919.274.1975 mobile
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