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W3C Ponders RAND Again

Posted by Hemos on from the hurm-what-to-do-with-this dept.

simonstl writes "Three unnamed W3C participants have suggested a new RAND policy that would let the W3C into the business of charging royalties for patent-encumbered specs. No consensus yet, but they sure seem to keep trying."

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  1. Re:Before it's ./ed- Full text of letter by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Troll

    Commerce is about transactions.
    If somebody can convince the market to pay for something, fine.
    What really draws vacuum is the market's
    inability to hold vendor's feet in the fire
    when they put out yet another piece of turd-ware.
    Somewhere between the Really Mondo Socialist
    and Market Satan extremes lies a utopia of
    solid work at reasonable prices...

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  2. Develop for pure IE then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just develop for IE. Plain and simple. If the W3C wants to be bitches about it then stick it to them where they know it hurts. This is redricrurus.

  3. Re:unamed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I love RMS! He is man honor, principle, and infinite wisdom! A true champion of those without a voice!

    p.s. this is really how I feel. no bull.