- From: David H. Silber <david@SilberSoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:27:28 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I just found out about this and must leave soon, but I must comment on this. Please excuse the haste in which this is written. I am very concerned that by allowing patented software and policies to become the basis for or be included in standards, it will become impossible for ordinary people to implement standards-compliant software. It seems likely to me that this could lead to a situation where certain software would not be able to be kept up to date with W3C standards. I am thinking of free software, like Apache, which would not be able to pay large sums in licensing fees. Effectively, the Web would be owned by the corporate interests who managed to patent some technology that was required by a standard. In short, I hope that the W3C will require that technology built into standards be made available for use on the Web at no charge. Let the implementations fight it out on their own merits. Regards, David H. Silber -- David H. Silber david@SilberSoft.com President & Chief Programmer (301) 230-2659 Silber Software Enterprises, L.C. http://www.SilberSoft.com/
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