- From: by way of Susan Lesch <dwheeler@ida.org>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:25:23 -0700
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I believe the user and development community has made it abundantly clear that so-called "RAND" standards are simply not acceptable. Any royalty for standards always discriminates against some users and developers, thus they are always discriminatory, and thus they are not appropriate for standardization. A standards-setting body should not be in the business of creating standards to prevent competition and inhibit interoperability, as any RAND standard would do. The notion of "Extensions" is a misnomer; today's extension is tomorrow's necessary infrastructure. The W3C has already gathered a great deal of ill will, which was thankfully averted in time. There's no reason to make the same mistake again. --- David A. Wheeler
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