- From: Jan C. Zawadzki <jcz@geniesystems.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 12:30:43 +1200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
As a technical director of a Web development shop I am adamantly opposed to allowing Web "standards" endorsed by W3C to be covered by patents regardless of their breadth or terms. The interrelated nature of many of the W3C standards makes it likely that future, tangentially-related technologies would become inaccessible on the whims of some patent holder. Just as we are not publishing entire Web sites with PDF or Flash technologies, we would stay clear of any technologies that can be controlled by third parties, however benevolent they might seem. If Adobe, Macromedia or Microsoft want to push their technologies, let THEM do it. Don't sell out. Jan C. Zawadzki Genie Systems Ltd. New Zealand
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