- From: Andrew Williams <zkiwi@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:17:48 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
What's going on here? Like the intent of W3C was as far as I knew to provide infrastructure based on open public standards, where the only "entry barrier" was that of adhering to these standards (For example, following the HTML or whatever specification). From the proposed RAND and related "offerings" one can conclude that if it is all accepted that someone has to pay (and most probably pay again and again) for access to these standards. What is this, a method of owning the "keys to the kingdom" of the internet (and wherever else this leads) for whoever can litigate themselves there? This smacks of an attempt to block/hinder innovations, rather than to provide them with a fair and level playing field. Furthermore, there appears to be NO research documentation on how this will work in reality. Where are the cost/benefit analyses and case studies? Lastly, WHO benefits from this? Regards Andrew Williams _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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