Support for Chris Lilley's comments. Against licensing fees payable for W3C Web standards. from Jim Caruso on 2001-10-01 (www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org from October 2001)

From: Jim Caruso <jim@jimcaruso.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:36:25 -0400
To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Message-Id: <a05100305b7de6564e2a5@[208.244.85.10]>

Dear W3C Patent Policy group:

I strongly support Chris Lilley's comments and observations on the 
working group's review of potentially proprietary technologies.  It 
is deeply troubling that the potential inclusion of proprietary 
technology and the extraction of licensing fees for use of Web 
standards was not given greater scrutiny and vetting.

I am deeply troubled by W3C's possible adoption of proprietary 
technologies as Web standards.  Any licensing fee payable for Web 
standards adopted by W3C in not acceptable for the Worldwide 
community.

James W. (Jim) Caruso
Roswell, Georgia U.S.A.
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Received on Monday, 1 October 2001 14:35:53 UTC