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Re: [DotGNU]W3C BACK to "RAND" Exception?
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Timothy Rue |
Subject: |
Re: [DotGNU]W3C BACK to "RAND" Exception? |
Date: |
10 Jul 2002 7:37:15 -0500 |
On 09-Jul-02 22:20:32 Seth Johnson <address@hidden> wrote:
SJ> In October of last year, Daniel Weitzner, Chair of the W3C's
SJ> Patent Policy Working Group, was presented with numerous,
SJ> specific and crucial questions and comments which had been
SJ> raised by the act of considering a W3C policy supporting
SJ> royalty licensed and patented protocols for the World Wide
SJ> Web.
SJ> At that time, the W3C received a profound, broad expression
SJ> of popular support for their not undertaking this direction,
SJ> despite the pressure being brought on the organizations from
SJ> parties seeking to get W3C endorsement for royalty-based
SJ> protocols.
SJ> The issue is returning once again, by means of back door
SJ> "exception" proposals.
[snip]
Why does this sort of act, which seems to happen alot, remind me of a
spoiled child that doesn't seem to understand the word "no"?
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Timothy Rue
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