- From: Rob & Joey Knapp <robknapp@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 06:56:45 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
The "reasonable and non-discriminitory" patent policy is a poor idea. While possibly allowing for increased innovation, the poor quality of most software patents and the desire of the patent holders for increased profits will only clog the system with inferior software. Further, it present a genuine barrier to entry since start up companies and open source programmers will not have access to the funds required to purchase licenses for the "standard" patents. There is only one company that can truly afford such a system, and they have never shown themselves to be standard friendly. Thank you for your time, RobK
Received on Monday, 1 October 2001 06:47:43 UTC