- From: Jeremy M. Dolan <jmd@pobox.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:38:14 -0500
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I just read Adam Warner's comments on your "Patent Policy Framework". [http://www.openphd.net/W3C_Patent_Policy] I would strongly caution W3C from endorsing any standards that are tied to patents with so called "reasonable and non-discriminatory" terms. The fact is any such terms are most certainly discriminatory towards public domain and "Open Source" software. I also encourage you to resolve any outstanding patent claims, such as Kodak's identification of U.S. Patent 5,459,819 as a possible "essential claim" regarding the SVG specification. I assure you it would be a public relations catastrophe for W3C if you were to proceed any further down this course. Sincerely, Jeremy M. Dolan jmd@pobox.com
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