- From: unprivileged user <peter.j.johnson@att.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 06:10:33 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
It would be a terrible thing to allow "standards" promulgators to establish "standards" that include a dependency on any of their patents, unless they are willing to license them royalty-free under at least GPL or LGPL conditions. Because so-called intellectual property invariably depends on prior art, this sort of knavery can only be an attempt to limit choice in the market place by "unknowingly" drafting "standards" that limit implementation to those employing bogus patents that can only be licensed (or successfully overturned) by well-heeled organizations, usuallly with bogus patents of their own to cross-license. "If I have seen further, it is only because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." -Sir Isaac Newton. -- Peter Johnson peter.j.johnson@att.net
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