- From: Chris Rimmer <chris@nominet.org.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:51:08 +0100
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
The idea of having patents blessed by the W3C as standards is a terrible one. It seems to me to be just another place where the desires of big business are being put first. The web is NOT just a place for corporations to make money, although many bodies such as ICANN seem to think so. The web and internet in general have flourished because anyone can make a website and anyone can write software that utilises the protocols and formats that underpin it. Lets keep it that way. Oh, and the name of the proposal, "Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory licensing" gives me the creeps. About as convincing as "The Democratic Republic of Germany"... Chris Rimmer (These are personal opinions) -- Chris Rimmer NOMINET UK +44 1865 332334 chris@nominet.org.uk --
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