- From: KevinO <kevin_oconnor@geocities.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:48:20 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I feel, as many I know do, that the freedoms we share with regard to non-proprietary standards on the web are of great importance. The ability to freely share ideas and code in the interest of improving the internet would be threatened by the incorporation of proprietary standards and/or protocols. It is extremely important that all use of standards and protocols with respect to the internet be totally free of royalty fees and restrictions. All standards must be totally open. Source code implementations must be available for review and use by all. The only motivation for allowing non open standards and protocols would be to make money. Doing so at the expense of the community as a whole is never justifiable. Thank you, -- Kevin O'Connor
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