I believe the W3C should not endorse Patented Technologies

It is my opinion that endorsing patented technologies as standards for the
web will only do harm in the long run.

First of all, it would actually encorage vendors to patent their
technologies rather than let people use them without restriction. 

Secondly, it may cause vendors to later abuse their power once the
standard has become commonplace, as happened with Unisys and GIFs.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish


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Shlomi Fish        shlomif@vipe.technion.ac.il 
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A more experienced programmer does not make less bugs. He just realizes
what went wrong more quickly.

Received on Saturday, 6 October 2001 00:11:08 UTC