SVG

I would like to thank Chris Lilley for his answers which have alleviated
most of my concerns regarding SVG and the W3C's proposed patent policy.

However, as an Open Source developer, I do not agree whole-heartedly with
his statement that 'RAND is better than "nothing at all"':

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/2001Oct/0680.html
> Right. RF is better than RAND, but RAND is better than "nothing at all"
> which would have been the situation had we not done that.

I suspect that this difference of opinion is shared by many and is the
cause of the outrage expressed in the community.

Regards,
Francis James Franklin

Received on Thursday, 4 October 2001 08:58:51 UTC