- From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:17:56 +0200
- To: Jason Antony <strat666@nettaxi.com>, "Jason Antony" <s1118355@student.gu.edu.au>, <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
On October 4, 2001 08:45 am, Jason Antony wrote:
> I hereby propose that the W3C work in Internet time and modify the draft to
> reflect the following:
>
> - mandatory patent disclosure by members of the WG;
>
> - ensure all W3C standards and recommendations - past, currently under
> development and future - shall remain freely implementable and royalty-
> free, with no restrictions whatsoever, in perpetuity;
>
> - lastly, shelve RAND;
>
> Kindly add anything I may have missed, or any errors.
Well, none of the following are concerned with the content of the document on
the table, but:
- Extend the public review period by longer than 11 days. Two months
would be more appropriate, considering that the original comment
period was largely wasted because of inadequate public notification.
- Retract the SVG 1.0 Recommendation, since it incorporates patented
elements that rely on a policy not in effect at the time the
recommendation was accepted.
- Admit individuals and nonprofit organizations to W3C membership with
reasonable fees and full membership rights.
- Deprecate the use of members-only documentation.
--
Daniel
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