- From: Ing. Alejandro V?zquez C. <alexv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:34:10 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
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, especially among open source and
free software
developers.
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,
Ing. Alejandro Vázquez C.
alexv@yahoo.com
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