IP: Re: Free software to get a voice in patent issue:it.mycareer.com.au, Software

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:22:04 +0100
> From: Ben Laurie <ben () algroup co uk>
>
> David Farber wrote:
> > >World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) spokeswoman Janet Daly said the volume and
> > >quality of the responses to the Patent Policy Framework draft, the
> > >Reasonable and NonDiscrimantory (RAND) licensing system, over the last two
> > >days had been "significant". She said although many highprofile members of
> > >the Free Software community are not members of the W3C, there was scope
> > >for them to be added to the group.
>
> It is interesting that W3C should be saying this now, since they have
> consistently refused over the years to contemplate adding any free
> software groups to their membership unless they pay the fees. This is a
> concept that I find completely unacceptable. I hope W3C will finally see
> sense and extend gratis membership to appropriate free software groups.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben (Director, The Apache Software Foundation).
>
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>
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