- From: Jan-Oliver Wagner <jan@intevation.de>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:32:35 +0100
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Hello, I herewith express my great concerns regarding the currently planned W3C patent policy. The current proposal would lead to massive problems for corporate planning savety in the field of Free Software. Free Software business has shown to be one of the most vital innovations for the IT market. Adopting Free Software, possibly modifying it and selling services around it would be a business with uncalculatable risk with the current patent policy as proposed by the W3C: Whenever we adopt a Free Software tool with this 'W3C royalty free stamp', use it in any way different than the original allowed field of use (or only if the field of use is just arguable) we can be pulled into a legal trouble of uncalculatable costs. Using W3C standards implemented as Free Software would henceforth mean an economic risk that is to be avoided by companies. Avoiding W3C standards would follow and at the end of the day undermine the actual mission of W3C. Please keep W3C standards clear of any patents. Best Regards Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner Managing Director -- Intevation GmbH http://intevation.net/
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