- From: Wes McDermott <wes@groucho.med.jhmi.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:11:00 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
The W3C was created to develop and maintain *open* standards to facilitate communication via the Web. The inclusion of protocols, formats, or methods encumbered by intellectual property claims in standards recognized by the W3C would be a tragic mistake. It would make communication between individuals subject to commercial interests, and inhibit the free exchange of information. It would increase the costs of Web-based activities and inhibit the development of Open Source software. This would be absolutely contrary to the path that the W3C should follow, and the one it has followed so far. The Consortium should continue to only accept proposals submitted on an RF basis, and work to ensure that those proposals and accepted standards are not affects by patents. Wes ------------------------------------ Wes McDermott Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ------------------------------------
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