- From: tom poe <tompoe@ableweb.net>
- Date: 26 May 2003 11:20:12 -0700
- To: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- Cc: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org, "DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org" <DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org>
Hi, John: I agree with you at one level. I also believe there is a strong suggestion, that an organization that announces a policy of declare or waive, will have the legal foundation for doing so. In other words, a patent-free policy, cough up now, before we move to the next step, or waive. Excuses are governed by deadlines, to be discarded if the deadline has passed. The Creative Commons Registration holds such promise. Interestingly, enough, it is the Copyright Law which requires Public Domain active affirmation, the very heart of what the Creative Commons legal framework offers. I call this strategy, the in-your-face with your copyright crappoolllla. . . .maybe. :) Tom On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 10:56, John Cowan wrote: > tom poe scripsit: > > > In the meantime, it appears there is a need for a standards body to be > > formed that pursues standards without encumbrances. A standards body > > that the world community can rely upon for open, free standards. > > In a world of submarine patents, there can be no such thing. Any > patent can rise up to bite you at any time, even if you are just > a kid playing on your swing. > > -- > John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com > "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarves." > --Murray Gell-Mann >
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