W3C Patent Policy Framework from Mike O'Regan on 2001-09-30 (www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org from September 2001)

From: Mike O'Regan <moregan@stresscafe.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:55:21 -0500
To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20010930123706.00a4bdc0@pop.stresscafe.com>

The W3C must abandon any notion of developing or endorsing standards that 
fall under intellectual property claims of any kind.  The sole exception to 
this would a standard in which all of the IP involved would be guaranteed 
explicitly by the owners: 1) to be forever free for use by everyone without 
restriction, and 2) to be forever free of charge.


*** Mike O'Regan  moregan@stresscafe.com (Chicago, IL, USA)

Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 13:55:40 UTC