- From: Arto Teräs <ajt@iki.fi>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 03:18:59 +0300
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I hereby ask the W3C not to issue any recommendations that would include technology available under the RAND licensing terms described in the Patent Policy Framework draft. For me, the word "standard" means a set of commonly agreed rules which are designed to advance the compatibility of products from all vendors. Standards including technology which requires licensing would force considerable groups to develop their own technologies, which would be royalty-free but incompatible with the standard recommended by W3C. This would only create confusion and frustration among the end users who use a combination of software products from different vendors. Therefore any possible patented technology included in the standards and recommendations should be licenced royalty-free for all users and implementations. The requirements for disclosure described in section 7 sound helpful to identify and prevent patent restrictions that could hinder the usability of a standard after it has been published. Therefore I support this part of the proposal. Best regards, Arto Undergraduate CS student and researcher at Helsinki University of Technology -- Arto Teräs --- See http://www.iki.fi/ajt/ for contact info
Received on Friday, 5 October 2001 20:19:09 UTC