- From: Geoff Depew <mephron@optonline.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:18:10 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Sirs: As a professional software developer making a living from being able to develop platform-agnostic applications for the web, I am extremely alarmed to see the W3C's proposed stance on patents & standards. With the proposed changes in place the web will become more and more a showcase for large corporations and will extinguish the independence and innovation that have made the internet freely accessibly to anyone with a web browser (of any flavour) and a dial-up account. It also has the possibility to place a restrictive financial burden on anyone who wishes to use or create content for the World Wide Web. Indeed, with the proposals in place the web risks becoming a tool of a few corporations (I think I don't need to list them specifically) and innovation will largely be shut down. After a while, the W3C itself will cease to be relevant, and I can hardly believe that is what is intended. I urge you, therefore, to reject these proposals and show your organisation to be one of integrity to the ideals of Tim Berners-Lee et al; be proud that you are not just another tool of big business. Regards, Geoffrey M. Depew
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