- From: David Wall <dwall@Yozons.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:14:56 -0700
- To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Received on Wednesday, 17 April 2002 23:15:15 UTC
Companies are certainly free to obtain patents, but to do so lurking behind a so-called "standard" is absurd. By definition, a standard needs to be accessible to all -- otherwise it's proprietary. If these patent tricks are backed by royalties, then those technologies will not become standards and the computing community will create alternatives. David --------------------------------------------- David A. E. Wall CEO & Chief Software Architect Yozons, Inc. 724 17th Avenue Kirkland, WA 98033 USA Tel 425.822.4465 dwall@yozons.com Fax 425.827.9415 www.yozons.com Cell 425.442.2729
Received on Wednesday, 17 April 2002 23:15:15 UTC