- From: Kai Henningsen <kai@cats.ms>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:16:07 +0200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
From my point of view, the critical part of this draft is 4. (e) 5.: > (e) RAND License [...] > 5. may be > conditioned on payment of reasonable, non-discriminatory > royalties or fees; [...] The question here is, what is reasonable? In my opinion, an extremely important part of a reasonable fee is that it can only be a small part of the price of the end product, and also, that it must be the sole discretion of the seller of the product to determine that price. Specifically, *any* non-zero fee necessary for a product intended to be freeware is most definitely *NOT* reasonable. (Nor can it possibly be non-discriminatory.) I urge to add a clarification that ensures this kind of reasonableness. Regards - Kai Henningsen -- http://www.cats.ms Spuentrup CTI Fon: +49 700 CALL CATS (=22 55 22 87) Windbreede 12 Fax: +49 251 322312 99 D-48157 Muenster Mob: +49 161 322312 1 Germany GSM: +49 171 7755060
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