- From: Jesper Juhl <juhl@eisenstein.dk>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 04:22:23 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-voice@w3.org
Hi, While I like the VoiceXML draft I'm concerned about the fact that there are corporations holding patents (http://www.w3.org/2001/09/voice-disclosures.html) on parts of what will be in the final recommendation. I believe that the W3C should only allow patented technology in their recommendations if it is released under Royalty Free terms, RAND terms are unacceptable since they elliminate the possibility of Open Source implementations of the standard. The issue of patents in W3C standards has been heavily debated in relation to the Patent Policy Draft (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/), and I think you should wait until a final policy is adopted before possibly allowing patented technology under RAND terms. -- Best regards, Jesper Juhl juhl@eisenstein.dk
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