- From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif@vipe.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 06:10:24 +0200 (IST)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish shlomif@vipe.technion.ac.il Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ Home E-mail: shlomif@techie.com A more experienced programmer does not make less bugs. He just realizes what went wrong more quickly.
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