- From: don bright's spam buffer <aeoespam@sdf.lonestar.org>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:29:09 +0000 (UTC)
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Greetings, I would very much like the language of the RAND License clarified. In particular the use of the word "may" at the beginning of items 3,4,5, and 6 is disturbing. for example: "6. may not impose any further conditions or restrictions on the use . . ." This seems to imply that the license may or may not impose further restrictions. Perhaps this seems nonsense and anal, but I am trying to think like a lawyer. If you allow "may" to be a valid interpretation of item 6, which it arguably is, then you will obviously be letting in things you don't want. I will now list some of those things. There have been many licenses in recent years that restrict licensees from doing everything from producing similar products, to using similar products, to making disparaging comments about the licensor, to aiding third parties in doing any of the above. Such licenses, if placed on the core protocols of the internet, would strike a heavier blow than ten thousand viruses and worms ever could. This is why I urge you to make the language of what qualifies as a RAND License crystal clear. Please render it indestructible in a court of law. aeoespam@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
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