- From: Don <don@research-cistw.saic.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:17:52 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
A "Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory" policy, where internet standards are concerned, is neither reasonable nor non-discriminitory if it requires makers of free software to pay patent royalties to comply with standards. Patent holders, if they would like their patents to be included in an "open standard" should be required to make their patents available royalty- free to any free software. "Open" in "Open Standard" should mean "available to everyone", not "open your wallet".
Received on Wednesday, 10 October 2001 17:18:09 UTC