- From: Charles Geyer <charlie@oak.stat.umn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:52:14 -0500
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
The disclosure provisions seem innocous. The RAND licensing mode activites are terrible. They amount to W3C endorsment of industry efforts at customer lock-in and closing off parts of the internet. If adopted, W3C will cease to be a standards organization. It will be just another industry trade group. The RF licensing mode activities have no issues obvious to a non-lawyer. However, their juxtaposition with the RAND is suspicious. They seem highly obfuscated and may have loopholes that give them effects opposite to appearances. Is a clear statement not possible? -- Charles Geyer Professor, School of Statistics University of Minnesota charlie@stat.umn.edu
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