- From: Jonathan Mark <jhmark@xenops.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:21:16 -0700
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Dear W3C: As a member of the public and professional software developer, I wish to comment regarding the proposal to provide a standard framework for the use of RAND licensing terms in W3C technical recommendations. I feel that this is a bad idea which directly contradicts W3C's long term goal of Universal Access, as explained in the W3C Mission section on www.w3.org. The principle of Universal Access is today very well served by the existence of high-quality, free implementations of Web standards. Supporting non-RF license terms will act as a major obstacle to free implementations, thus hindering universal access. Companies are free to innovate and develop better implementations than the free ones, but they should not expect to be able to modify the standards in such as way that any implementor must pay a license fee. Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Best regards, Jonathan Mark jhmark@xenops.com 1154 Federal Ave. E Seattle, WA 98102
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