- From: Vincent Joseph <vjoseph@speakeasy.org>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:20:23 -0400
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
This is a bad proposal. Such a proposal will allow for implementation of a "standard" only to those that can afford it. Now that does not seem like an open standard to me. A standard that falls under the RAND umbrella, IMHO, is not an open standard. An open standard should be implementable AND useable without the implementor or the user suffering from legal repercussions (eg httpd + browser). Not talking about content here. The implementation must not be subject to NDA or other propreitary mechanisms. I am not a legal player - so my interpretation is subject to holes - but I think I have converyed the gist of my belief. The W3C had in my eyes, stood for open standards. The argument for change is not presuasive. Vincent Joseph
Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 11:01:41 UTC