- From: John Eure <johneure@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:18:35 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I've always relied on the W3C standards as a way to ensure that web
applications I write will be interoperable and free of legal
entanglements. Don't put an end to this by allowing non-royalty-free
patents to become standards. It will be a sad day indeed when homegrown
tools are _legally unable_ to interact with the World Wide Web. But that's
what will happen if RAND patents are allowed in standards: after all, if
they aren't intended to be widely used, why bother?
Thanks for your attention,
John Eure
(a CS Master's student)
(no, this isn't my normal account)
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