- From: Ben Crowell <crowell01@lightandmatter.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:41:16 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Why should W3C be going out of its way to legitimize patented technologies for use on the web? If someone has a patented technology they think everyone wants, then they're in great shape -- everyone wants their technology, and will demand it in their software. They don't need the W3C to push it on people. What's more likely is that a lot of companies will have bad patents, which should never have been granted in the first place, and will try to use the W3C to make a profit from something that otherwise wouldn't have been popular or profitable. The result of this process would be to deal a horrible blow to free software, and to free information in general.
Received on Sunday, 30 September 2001 21:47:58 UTC