- From: <gricard@mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:01:25 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I'm sure the W3C has had replies of all sorts containing negative responses to the idea of allowing patented technology to be introduced into standards. I know there is not much more that I can say to help convince the W3C that the nature of this idea, in and of itself, is unacceptable. I don't know if my comments are any better than others', and I write to the W3C simply to be a part of a [hopefully] large collective voice which may have a chance of convincing the W3C to keep all standards open and free. We live in a world today where the freedoms of people, at least in America, appear to be slowly eroding due to the activities of large corporations using licensing and patents for obvious technologies for purely financial gain. I am not going to go off on a tangent about corporate America. It [corporate America] does some good, but at the same time, it ignores the founding principles of this country. The internet is the new symbol of freedom in this world. I would like to urge the W3C to keep the standards that the internet uses to communicate based solely on open and free technology. I would rather pay a fee to keep a non-profit organization controlling the standards in business than pay some corporation to use their proprietary technology. Thank you for your consideration. Gabriel Ricard
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