- From: Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:00:07 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
It seems that the RAND objections boil down to "It will be illegal to create free or low-cost implementations." I think this could be resolved by requiring that all RAND licenses be at least offered on a percentage basis. This would require some fine print; basically there should always be an option to license the whole package for no fixed fee, and no more than 10% royalties. The exact percentage may have to decrease depending on which other RAND recommendations are also included in the product. Large corporations might still choose the one-time fee to lower their unit costs, but small companies *could* still compete, so long as they reserved 10% of their sales price to cover the Intellectual Property. Free software would also remain possible, as 10% of nothing is still free. -jJ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
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