Propposed RAND standand from Edward Diehl on 2001-10-01 (www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org from October 2001)

From: Edward Diehl <diehl@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 18:07:06 -0400
To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Message-Id: <01100118070603.20952@ganesh.physics.lsa.umich.edu>

Dear W3C:

I believe that your proposal for RAND standards for the internet is a
very bad idea.  The internet has exploded precisely because it has use
open standards.  As the 21th century "printing press" I think it is
imperative that the internet operate on open, royalty-free standards.
We cannot allow the internet to be controlled by a few large
multinational companies.
-- 

                             Edward Diehl
                     Assistant Research Scientist
           271 West Hall               Office: 734-936-9662
           University of Michigan      Fax:    734-936-6529           
           500 E. University Ave       Sec'y:  734-764-4442          
           Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120    Email:  diehl@umich.edu

Received on Monday, 1 October 2001 18:02:20 UTC