- From: Karl Heyes <heyesk2@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:32:55 +0100 (BST)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
May I just say what good work the W3C have been doing up to now. I am dismayed that this idea of accepting patent material into a specification is being considered. With the increasing problems with patents like in MPEG and vendor lock-in, this proposal should thrown out. Including such material in a specification is just going to slow down implementations and support for such implementations through legal consequences. As demonstrated with the microsoft monopoly trial, legal issues can last a long time in which the only companies that can afford it are cash rich ones. How are the smaller companies, which make up the majority of the businesses able to develop systems on web-based technologies without being under the constant cloud of court action. karl. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
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