- From: Christer O. Andersson <canderss@telia.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:46:54 +0200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I am very concerned that the RAND licensing may have a negative impact on free/open source software. I don't think neither software patents nor licensing fees is something that is beneficial. The ongoing shift towards free/open software is bound to produce better quality of software and faster development of software. This is favourable in many aspects, and in line with what I thought W3C stands for. I hope that RAND licensing is not the end of the good work W3C has done over the years. W3C has been utterly important for the development of internet, and is likely to continue to be. It would be very unfortunate if a shift toward corporate interests would replace the unbiased view of standardization that has been the trademark of W3C. I believe that RAND licensing might even lead to the emerge of several standards, since the licensing fee might require that those who don't want to pay the fee must invent something different. This would mean that RAND licensing would work against the whole idea of W3C. Best Regards, Christer Andersson -- Christer O. Andersson Odensbacken, Sweden
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