i got a question regarding the last w3c format for the protocols. was it free? as in can open source take the last format and extend n upgrade it for *nix, etc? i believe open source is more powerful than proprietary format if only because it grows and changes so much faster than proprietary stuff. meaning that open source might/could take the lead there and everybody else follows two bits worth
----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] FW: [OT] W3C and the Promotion of Fee-based Standards for the Web (important for all FREE SOFTWARE supporters.) > On Monday 01 October 2001 04:54, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > This isn't quite as bad as it looks, IMHO. I don't believe that Tim > > Berners-Lee would lend his name to something repressive. His stated vision > > has always been for a free and open WWW. I think that the W3C is simply > > waking up to the disturbing reality that just about anything can be > > patented in the USA. It will become increasingly difficult in the future > > for the W3C to create their own standards without accidentally stepping on > > the toes of some spurious patent. Their RAND licensing seeks to address > > this. > > > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 02:57:36 +0800, "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > you guys really need to look at this, it might be time to put our voices > > > behind open source and free software... > > > > > > If companies have to pay royalties for the use of standards, (like the > > > web for example) > > > free software in those areas may become a thing of the past.. > > > > > > Take apache for example, if W3C thinks up the next phase of the web, and > > > its a royalty product, apache may well disappear as free software, ditto > > > Zope and all the others.... > > > > > > > > > Worth thinking about... > > > > > > > > > rgds > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Mead > > > Sent: Monday, 1 October 2001 1:58 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [OT] W3C and the Promotion of Fee-based Standards for the Web > > > > > > > > > Folks... if you have not seen this there are only a few hours left to > > > make your voice heard. Please go and read this... our internet is in > > > danger from corporate interest again! > > > > > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-09-30-001-20-NW-CY > > > > > > Send your comments here: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Cheers... :-) > > > -- > > > csm > > > "...software engineers, as Percy Bysshe Shelley said of poets, are the > > > unacknowledged legislators of our time. acknowledge this reality and try > > > to shape it..." - stille/lessig > > Well, it is now officially too late to say anything about it. Input closed > yesterday. > > Most of the posts I have seen on it have predicted a slow, agonizing death > for W3C because of it. We'll see what their actions are, then cope as best > we can. I know if the RAND proposal is adopted that I will simply ignore > their standards in my work, and never offer any support again. > > Civileme > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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