- From: Roberto Schulz <roberto.schulz@macniak.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 20:47:18 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group, I'm very concerned about the recent Patent Policy Framework draft, which could allow W3C members to charge royalty fees for technologies included in web standards! In particular, I object to the inclusion of a "reasonable and non-discriminatory" (RAND) licensing option in the proposed policy. I believe that the exclusive use of a "royalty-free" (RF) licensing model is in the best interests of the Internet community, and that RAND licensing would always necessarily exclude some would-be implementors. The W3C can best continue its work of "leading the Web to its full potential" by continuing the tradition, of providing open-source reference implementations and to promote a wide variety of inter-operable implementations of its open standards, by saying no to RAND licensing. Sincerely, Roberto Schulz -- -- Roberto Schulz Macniak Interactive Macintosh based Web Hosting http://www.macniak.net 514-344-4499
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