You said it better than I can from Mathieu Gervais on 2001-09-30 (www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org from September 2001)

From: Mathieu Gervais <egoine_@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:44:39 -0400
To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Message-ID: <OE62CJWJZr1JXDvCeqT00005d4b@hotmail.com>

"Both the competitive forces which have lead to innovative technology, and
the cooperative spirit which has produced global interoperability standards
at an extremely rapid pace have occurred, until very recently, in a market
environment without any significant intellectual property licensing
requirements."

That is EXACTLY WHY innovation & interoperability did occur  that fast.

Please consider that the RAND proposal does nothing for the benefit of the
web user.

Mathieu Gervais

Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 15:45:14 UTC