[Discussioni] W3C

[Francesco Potorti`]

Da Debian Weekly News - October 3rd, 2001


Now for something completely different... While not specifically
Debian-related, we thought it might be of interest to our readers that
the W3C has [25]extended the public comment period for their Patent
Policy Framework. Essentially, there's a proposal afoot to adopt a
second licensing mode for W3C Recommendations, "Reasonable and
Non-Discriminatory (RAND) Licensing." Any licensing fee, however, is
bound to be unreasonable for Free Software developers and will have
the effect of locking out Free and Open Source developers from
implementing Standards and Recommendations under this licensing policy
and/or marginalizing the W3C role as a standards body. You can also
read Alan Cox's [26]take on the Patent Policy. If you make any
comments, be sure to address specific objections to the Policy, don't
just say "I don't like it."

  25. http://www.w3.org/2001/10/patent-response
  26. http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-09-30-010-20-OP-CY