- From: Shaun Savage <savages@pcez.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:35:08 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org, submitopinion@osopinion.com
The W3C should ONLY support RF (Royalty Free)standards. Money. patents and royalties would destroy the Internet. Money can be used to concentrate applications into the hands of a few large instutions. A new idea or standard could be denided or modified to include nonRF ideas. If a small group has a better idea but because of existing non RF standards could prevent this new idea from taking hold and growing because the small group does't have the other standards due to money. Keep The Web Free. Free Standards For a Free Web. Once non RF standards start the is no reason why people would want to submit free ideas anymore. The W3C is powerful enough the help promote the free web. Once you allow one non RF standard the other groups will say this can be non RF also. If you don't stop it before it starts it will never stop. The web will end up the property of a few companies. Shaun Savage
Received on Saturday, 29 September 2001 21:16:52 UTC