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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Re: W3C ridiculous new policy on patents
 He is talking about things he think may have happened, that do not happen in all cases, and are the very reasons if they do happen that a W3C policy for patents is required. The only issue at hand is the specification of non-RF technologies in their products. That should be discouraged but there are different means and that is why the policy has to be scrutinized. It may be that the definitions of scope and means for specifications and standards have to be made clearer, the work involved in creating a WG and administering it made harder and more rigorous, and the W3C must more carefully cherry pick its projects and engage in more direct cooperation with the national standards bodies whose governments do represent public interests. The patent attack topics are a red herring that allows people to ignore the issue that the Internet is not the W3C's to govern in the public's interest. The W3C does not represent the public. This is a different topic but one that becomes increasingly relevant as some try to use the issues of the patent-policy to attach their beliefs about the patent laws to the W3C. I think they do neither their cause nor the W3C much good with that tactic. The morals of the W3C members are the business of the individual members. The W3C is only responsible for its policies. The nut mail that seeks to force the members to their will will be ignored and attempts to execute actions such as some have proposed prosecuted. I suggest everyone ramp down their rhetoric. The W3C will issue its policy in due time and those subject to that authority will make their decision vis a vis their responses to it. len -----Original Message----- From: Frank Richards [mailto:frichards@s...] >Yet a lot of the obvious enhancements >get patented. I don't think so. Some do but the patent office isn't quite that stupid. Yep, once the Patent Office has issued a bogopatent to some BigCo for every significant programming technique invented between 1946 and 1991 they probably will do a fairly good job of only issuing patents for real improvements. >Or is every hobbyist entitled to their own bigco who'll pay the lawyer's >fees to attack bogus patents? Every hobbyist is entitled to give away that which is theirs to dispose of in the manner and to whom they see fit. They aren't entitled to do that with the property of others. Len, You're saying how the system is supposed to work. He's talking about how it's actually broken. You're talking past each other. 
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