From: Rory Winston (Rory.Winston at domain telewest.co.uk)
Date: Mon 01 Oct 2001 - 10:25:51 IST
Hi
dont know if this issue has been discussed already here or not, but it seems
that the W3C are making a worrying change in strategy that could be
potentially disastrous for Open Source developers who wish to implement W3C
standards, and potentially cut Open Source implementors out of the loop
entirely. For further details:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-09-30-001-20-NW-CY
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/2001Sep/0131.ht
ml
And the W3C FAQ on the matter:
http://www.w3.org/2001/08/16-PP-FAQ.html
Having looked at it, a couple of factors make it worrying:
1) The shift in the attitude of the W3C, which has traditionally supported
open standards
2) The makeup of the working group, which is almost entirely made up of
large corporate members
3) The poor job that the W3C did of publicising such an important issue
Comments?
Cheers
Rory
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