- From: Martin Leisener <martin@leisener.de>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 03:14:40 +0200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I don't see a problem with the status as is, so why change it? I'm not sure why it is only so obvious to me, that having "closed standards" is very much violating freedom of speech. Because who tells you, that in the future (or even right now) the converters of for example text store away you want to. Who can proove that what you have typed will be written in file. Maybe it secretly forbids certain combination of words, or changes the phrases to your disliking. What can guaranty that there will be no censoring for example in Mail- exchanges. Who can guaranty that for example electronical voting mechanisms really deliver the votes as secretly and unchanged as they should be. In my opinion every step towards "closed standards" is a dangerous step towards jeopardiesing our freedom. How can you asure me with "closed standards" that my horror-vision will not come true? ciao Martin from Germany
Received on Thursday, 4 October 2001 21:10:40 UTC