- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:57:04 -0700
- To: Carlos A Velasco <carlos.velasco-nunez@gmd.de>
- Cc: WAI EO List <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>, WAI PF List <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>
At 08:20 AM 10/2/2001 , Carlos A Velasco wrote: >I am wondering whether, as WGs, can we set a consensus opinion on this. No. Until some sort of W3C patent policy is passed -- such as one that allows W3C working groups to choose a RAND or RF policy -- then it's beyond the scope of _individual_ working groups to address patent policy. In other words, while the W3C is working out a framework by which policy decisions would happen, it would be very bad for individual groups to start making policy decisions, especially those which may or may not be compatible with the eventual policy which the W3C will adopt sometime in the future, whatever that will be. So my suggestion is that if you are concerned about patent policy you should make your opinions known in the manner provided by the W3C, but hold off on trying to organize working group consensus until such time as there is any _point_ in organizing that type of consensus. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com/ Technical Developer Liaison, Reef http://www.reef.com/ Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet http://idyllmtn.com/ Online Instructor, Accessible Web Design http://kynn.com/+d201
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