Just sent this email because of the story on ./ about the w3c allowing patents in their standards:

From: "Christopher Baker" 
Subject: Royalty-Bound Patents 
To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org 

 I am very disturbed to learn about your groups intentions
of having "standards" that include patents. The fact that
this has been placed on a fast track only enforces my worst
fears. 

 I fully support the comments of Alan Cox:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-
comment/2001Sep/0131.html

 This action will in effect turn your organization, which up
till today I had the greatest respect, into nothing more
than rubber stamp shills for large corporate interests. 

 RIP W3C.

 Christopher Baker 

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Christopher R. Baker	
Tune Smith / Programmer
http://cbaker.org/
http://rememberjosie.org/carols/