- From: Bob Evans <robert.evans@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 00:47:03 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 World Wide Web Consortium Patent Policy Working Group www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group, I'm concerned about the recent Patent Policy Framework draft, which could allow W3C members to charge royalty fees for technologies included in web standards. In particular, I object to the inclusion of a "reasonable and non-discriminatory" (RAND) licensing option in the proposed policy. I believe that the exclusive use of a "royalty-free" (RF) licensing model is in the best interests of the Internet community, and that RAND licensing would always necessarily exclude some would-be implementors. I applaud the W3C for its tradition of providing open-source reference implementations and its work to promote a wide variety of interoperable implementations of its open standards. The W3C can best continue its work of "leading the Web to its full potential" by continuing this tradition, and saying no to RAND licensing. Sincerely, Robert Evans Software Engineer CA, USA - -- This is not a meme. Tell all your friends. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBO71ldiyDZWqwWQA3EQK23wCeIJiAhBwoyvYM8RzYkmDAIOd0vpsAoMiL En0SdqlqSsm4oF9yP1lg4thO =9SFB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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