- From: H. Wade Minter <minter@lunenburg.org>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
I am disturbed by this attempt to close off the web to small players, and hand it to the companies that can afford the best patent lawyers. The web is, and should be, a medium where everyone can enter with a level playing field. Plus, the entire point of a standard is that everyone, from the biggest company to the home hobbiest, can interoperate with anyone else on the standard. A vague "reasonable and non-discriminatory" clause will do nothing to stop the groups who wish to turn the web into their own private playground, and fatten their coffers at the expense of the developers and users of the world. I strongly request that the W3C reject the concept of "patented standards" - if someone wants to submit a standard, then that standard should be available for anyone to build toward. If they want to lock up their precious "IP", then that information should not be part of a standard. --Wade Minter -- Do your part in the fight against injustice. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ Fight the DMCA! http://www.anti-dmca.org/
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