- From: Josh Walgenbach <jwalgenb@indiana.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:30:10 -0500 (EST)
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to voice my opposition to the notion that the W3C allow non-royalty free technologies in endorsed standards of the W3C. The result of this action would result in the Balkanization of the web and significantly reducing the useful work done at Universities and open source projects. In addition, this action would have significant impact on developing nations as they come to depend more and more on the internet to aid in modernizing their economies. Poorer and developing nations depend greatly on access to free standards and open source software to build their information infrastructures. Building proprietary "standards" will do nothing but slow these nations as they attempt to use technology to bring electronic information and electronic commerce to their citizens. Please reconsider this rash action. The only thing it will accomplish is the partitioning of the web into the haves and have-nots or a complete dismissal of attempting to comply with W3C standards entirely. -- Josh Walgenbach University Information Technology Services Indiana University
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