- From: Lauren Wood <lauren@softquad.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:48:14 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
SoftQuad Software appreciates the work and thought that obviously has gone into the draft patent policy, and especially appreciates the chance to comment on it. We believe that W3C patent and licensing policy should support the W3C mission of bringing the Web to all. As a company that participated in the development of SGML, then HTML, then XML and the related standards, we also believe that the policy should not discriminate against the many people, companies, and organizations from many countries who donated their intellectual property and their work over several years, without expecting licensing fees. Thus W3C should use every means in its power to ensure that all Recommendations are royalty-free. There are several paths to this goal and further discussion of these potential paths is needed. Until the various ramifications are thought through, it may be appropriate for W3C to stop work on any specification where essential claims have been made and the companies making those claims are not willing to agree to RF licensing. regards, Lauren -- ----------- Lauren Wood, Director of Product Technology and AC Rep., SoftQuad Software
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