- From: Kenneth R Westerback <kwesterback@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 08:47:37 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I think that Todd Miller said it best: "While I recognize the desire of the W3C not to be blindsided by patents, and to state a reasonable policy regarding them, I strongly feel than _any_ for-fee licensing required for a particular standard discriminates against Open Source and Free software, the importance of which the W3C surely recognizes. However, fee-free licensing is not sufficient, as a fee-free license could forbid a particular license (e.g., Open or Free ones like the BSD or GPL), or restrict the use of the licensed materials in a way incompatible with an Open or Free license. As such, I urge you in the strongest way to amend the proposal to require encumbered standards to be licensed in a way compatible with open-source and free software. Thank you for your time." I strongly oppose the current proposal. No patents in standards, or at a minimum ensure they do not impact the development, distribution or use of free software in any way. .... Ken
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