- From: Gustavo Carvalho Homem <gach@mega.ist.utl.pt>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:53:07 +0100
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I see computing as a Science. In the beginning there were unviversity students and teachers. Now, thanks to them,everybody is @ the web. Do people remmember to thank the pioneers ? (I am not a pioneer ). Are people aware of the technology they are using when they write a "simple" email ? Mostly aren't of course. The web started small supported by enthusiasts. Now that the web is huge people are forgetting its initial goals and only want to make money. Proprietary software is not to be criticized, since it can compete with all kinds of non-proprietary one, including Free Software. If both kinds of software are implementing some standard then we will see which one is the best. But, if one standard gets proprietary , this disables the ones who still face computing as a science and want to code their programs to help the comunity from pushing their programs to support new features. Would someone patent Newton's Laws ? Or Quantum Mechanics ? Best regards from Portugal Gustavo Homem
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