- From: Beat Fasel <beat_fasel@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:52:31 -0800 (PST)
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
To whom it may concern ---------------------- I am very much concerned as a Linux user about the new W3C patents policy. The so called "royality-free license" requirements are not consistent with Open Source / Free Software terms as these planned W3C requirements allow for standards that cannot be implemented in Free Software because of patent issues. More precisely, when the royalty-free patent license allows only to implement what is required by the standard, that is called a "field of use" restriction. Any such restriction is in conflict with the user's freedom to modify the program, which is an essential part of both the Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition. With best regards, Beat Fasel Switzerland __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
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