Open Source and Free Software representatives oppose

Posted Jul 11, 2002 17:53 UTC (Thu) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510)
In reply to: Open Source and Free Software representatives oppose by tompoe
Parent article: W3C Patent Policy: Latest News

Hi Tom,

I pretty much agree with your sentiments, but if I were to state them that way, or run rough-shod in general with their internal rules, they wouldn't invite me to be on their committee and I would have less chance to influence them to do the right thing. I did get Larry Rosen of OSI on that committee as well, and Eben Moglen of FSF is there, too. We are all flying to Paris to meet with the rest of the W3C patent policy board next week. The fact that I am taking a entire weekend and much of a week away from my two-year-old indicates how seriously I take this.

There will be at least two more rounds of W3C patent policy draft release with calls for comments. If it turns out that the next draft is not acceptable, I will issue the "call to arms".

Thanks
Bruce