- From: Zak McGregor <zak@mighty.co.za>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 03:20:05 +0200
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Firstly, I would like to add my voice to those calling for an extension to the deadline for comments on this issue. It would be immoral, cowardly and a further affront to the W3C's credibility should this request be denied. Theo de Raadt asked for at least a week, I'd like to recommend at least until February or March 2002. It is that important an issue and the *very* uneven comment distribution would indicate that there has been too little attention given to this topic. Next, it would seem as if the people contributing to this particular project represent a rather unbalanced grouping drawn from only commercial bodies. I propose that an equal number of people from more diverse organisations be brought in to facilitate the progression of this proposal. I volunteer to sit on the committee myself, representing independent developers from around the world if needed. I call on other volunteers to step forward and offer their services to create a counterweight on the project committee to the blatantly commercial interests of those sitting on it currently. Here is a list of the people & companies represented on the committee: Michele Herman, Microsoft, micheleh@microsoft.com Scott Peterson, Hewlett-Packard, scott_k_peterson@hp.com Tony Piotrowski, Philips, tony.piotrowski@philips.com Barry Rein, Pennie & Edmonds (for W3C), barry@pennie.com Daniel Weitzner, W3C/MIT, djweitzner@w3.org Helene Plotka Workman, Apple Computer, plotka@apple.com Lastly, if this is even remotely true, we should simply walk away from this group and start our own, truly Free standards body: "As we have begun to use portions of the policy in the day-to-day operations of W3C, we plan to skip the Candidate Recommendation and move directly to an Advisory Committee Review of a Proposed Recommendation draft." Can someone from the W3C expand on this please? What has already been used? How was it passed into general usage already? Who authorised that to happen? Who can be held accountable for this debacle? Thank you Zak McGregor
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