- From: Ganesh and Sashikala Prasad <sashi@easy.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 00:24:15 +1000
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear sirs, I read with shock and disbelief about the new patent policy of the W3C. It's like putting the entire justice system up for sale on a "non-discriminatory" basis, so that both rich and poor must pay millions of dollars to get "justice". It's clear who is being disadvantaged by this "non-discriminatory" rule -- anyone who isn't a big corporation. As if the new policy was not bad enough, you have skipped a stage of your normal review process and have not given sufficient notice of the deadline for the end of the public debate on this policy. It creates the very avoidable impression that the W3C is trying to sneak past a bad piece of policy when no one's looking. Do you want to remain a respected standards body that the web community looks up to? Then do a U-turn on this ill-advised policy, or you will find the creative genius that made the web what it is voting with their feet and setting up a truly free standards body. Regards, Ganesh Prasad Web developer
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