- From: Alan Batie <alan@batie.org>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:17:21 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 14:17:38 UTC
No standards should be based on proprietary technology. As side from the simple conflict of interest that arises, it also effectively prevents there being any legitimate open source implementation. How are you supposed to pay a royalty when you're not getting any payment? This is just completely unacceptable. -- Alan Batie ______ www.rdrop.com/users/alan Me alan@batie.org \ / www.qrd.org The Triangle PGPFP DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A \ / www.pgpi.com The Weird Numbers 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 \/ www.anti-spam.net NO SPAM! "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin)
Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 14:17:38 UTC