W3C

Public Issues for Patent Policy Framework of 20010816

Status of This Document

Prepared by the Patent Policy Working Group, this document is a summary of public comments (archive) on the 16 August 2001 Last Call Working Draft of the W3C patent policy framework. Email received in August, September, and October 2001 before the extended deadline is included here. Message numbers are the four digits before each URI's .html extension. Remaining to do: September 0076-0158, and October 0669-0751, 0835-0917, 1001-1083, and 1084-1166.

Extraordinary: The following are carefully prepared emails to be considered separately. September: 0485, 0535, 0736, October: 0762, 1303, 1337, 1350, 1369, 1398, 1502, 1514


Main concerns expressed by reviewers


1. Discrimination, fragmentation

The primary themes from the following emails were:

September: 0009, 0011, 0013, 0014, 0015, 0016, 0021, 0025, 0044, 0054, 0056, 0057, 0060, 0061, 0063, 0065, 0071, 0072, 0075, 0159, 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163, 0164, 0165, 0166, 0167, 0169, 0171, 0173, 0174, 0175, 0177, 0178, 0179, 0182, 0183, 0185, 0187, 0188, 0189, 0190, 0192, 0193, 0195, 0196, 0201, 0202, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0208, 0211, 0212, 0214, 0216, 0223, 0225, 0226, 0228, 0229, 0232, 0234, 0235, 0237, 0238, 0243, 0244, 0245, 0247, 0248, 0249, 0251, 0252, 0253, 0254, 0255, 0256, 0257, 0258, 0259, 0260, 0261, 0262, 0263, 0264, 0265, 0266, 0267, 0268, 0270, 0271, 0272, 0273, 0274, 0275, 0277, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0283, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0290, 0291, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0297, 0298, 0299, 0300, 0301, 0302, 0303, 0304, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0309, 0310, 0312, 0313, 0314, 0315, 0316, 0318, 0319, 0320, 0321, 0322, 0323, 0329, 0332, 0334, 0335, 0337, 0338, 0339, 0340, 0341, 0342, 0343, 0349, 0350, 0351, 0353, 0354, 0355, 0357, 0361, 0366, 0370, 0371, 0373, 0376, 0377, 0378, 0381, 0382, 0383, 0385, 0387, 0388, 0390, 0391, 0392, 0393, 0394, 0396, 0400, 0402, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0410, 0412, 0413, 0414, 0415, 0417, 0419, 0421, 0422, 0427, 0428, 0432, 0435, 0436, 0439, 0441, 0442, 0444, 0449, 0450, 0451, 0453, 0454, 0456, 0458, 0459, 0462, 0463, 0470, 0477, 0478, 0479, 0480, 0483, 0490, 0491, 0492, 0500, 0501, 0503, 0505, 0525, 0527, 0532, 0534, 0536, 0326, 0327, 0328, 0347, 0359, 0368, 0380, 0394, 0395, 0397, 0403, 0405, 0408, 0409, 0416, 0432, 0457, 0461, 0472, 0477, 0500, 0501, 0504, 0512, 0513, 0517, 0537, 0538, 0539, 0540, 0541, 0542, 0543, 0546, 0547, 0549, 0552, 0553, 0554, 0556, 0557, 0558, 0559, 0561, 0562, 0564, 0566, 0567, 0571, 0572, 0573, 0574, 0576, 0577, 0578, 0579, 0581, 0582, 0583, 0585, 0586, 0587, 0605, 0607, 0610, 0614, 0618, 0619, 0620, 0621, 0624, 0625, 0626, 0627, 0628, 0630, 0633, 0636, 0637, 0643, 0645, 0646, 0647, 0649, 0653, 0654, 0655, 0662, 0663, 0664, 0666, 0667, 0668, 0669, 0671, 0672, 0674, 0677, 0678, 0679, 0682, 0683, 0684, 0685, 0691, 0695, 0697, 0699, 0702, 0703, 0705, 0706, 0709, 0712, 0714, 0715, 0718, 0721, 0725, 0733, 0736, 0742, 0744, 0748, 0751, 0754

October: 0000, 0002, 0003, 0011, 0013, 0016, 0024, 0027, 0029, 0030, 0031, 0032, 0039, 0040, 0043, 0044, 0045, 0046, 0050, 0053, 0062, 0064, 0066, 0070, 0075, 0078, 0079, 0080, 0084, 0087, 0088, 0089, 0090, 0092, 0094, 0097, 0098, 0099, 0100, 0102, 0103, 0108, 0110, 0111, 0112, 0113, 0114, 0115, 0117, 0119, 0120, 0122, 0123, 0124, 0125, 0127, 0128, 0129, 0130, 0131, 0133, 0134, 0137, 0139, 0140, 0141, 0142, 0144, 0147, 0148, 0149, 0151, 0152, 0153, 0155, 0156, 0157, 0158, 0159, 0161, 0164, 0168, 0169, 0171, 0172, 0173, 0175, 0176, 0177, 0178, 0180, 0181, 0183, 0184, 0185, 0187, 0188, 0190, 0192, 0193, 0194, 0195, 0198, 0199, 0201, 0202, 0204, 0206, 0207, 0210, 0212, 0214, 0215, 0216, 0217, 0218, 0219, 0220, 0221, 0222, 0223, 0224, 0225, 0226, 0227, 0228, 0231, 0234, 0235, 0236, 0238, 0239, 0241, 0242, 0244, 0245, 0246, 0247, 0248, 0249, 0250, 0251, 0252, 0253, 0255, 0257, 0260, 0262, 0264, 0266, 0267, 0270, 0271, 0272, 0273, 0278, 0280, 0282, 0284, 0285, 0286, 0287, 0290, 0292, 0294, 0295, 0298, 0299, 0300, 0301, 0302, 0305, 0306, 0307, 0308, 0309, 0310, 0311, 0312, 0313, 0314, 0315, 0316, 0318, 0321, 0323, 0324, 0325, 0328, 0329, 0330, 0331, 0333, 0336, 0340, 0342, 0343, 0345, 0347, 0348, 0349, 0351, 0352, 0353, 0359, 0360, 0361, 0362, 0363, 0366, 0367, 0368, 0372, 0373, 0376, 0377, 0379, 0381, 0383, 0384, 0385, 0386, 0388, 0390, 0391, 0392, 0393, 0395, 0396, 0397, 0398, 0399, 0400, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0408, 0409, 0410, 0412, 0413, 0414, 0416, 0417, 0420, 0421, 0422, 0423, 0426, 0427, 0430, 0431, 0432, 0433, 0434, 0435, 0436, 0437, 0439, 0440, 0441, 0442, 0443, 0444, 0446, 0447, 0449, 0450, 0451, 0452, 0453, 0455, 0459, 0461, 0462, 0463, 0464, 0466, 0468, 0473, 0474, 0476, 0478, 0479, 0481, 0482, 0485, 0486, 0487, 0488, 0489, 0490, 0492, 0496, 0498, 0499, 0500, 0502, 0508, 0509, 0525, 0541, 0585, 0586, 0610, 0611, 0612, 0619, 0633, 0649, 0650, 0753, 0756, 0760, 0761, 0762, 0768, 0771, 0772, 0773, 0775, 0778, 0779, 0780, 0783, 0787, 0793, 0796, 0799, 0801, 0802, 0804, 0805, 0806, 0807, 0810, 0812, 0816, 0817, 0818, 0820, 0822, 0824, 0826, 0827, 0828, 0830, 0832, 0833, 0918, 0922, 0923, 0924, 0925, 0926, 0929, 0930, 0931, 0932, 0934, 0935, 0937, 0940, 0941, 0944, 0945, 0949, 0950, 0952, 0953, 0955, 0957, 0958, 0959, 0964, 0965, 0966, 0968, 0969, 0970, 0971, 0972, 0973, 0974, 0975, 0977, 0978, 0979, 0980, 0981, 0982, 0984, 0985, 0987, 0988, 0989, 0990, 0991, 0992, 0993, 0994, 0995, 0996, 0997, 0999, 1000, 1202, 1218, 1230, 1234, 1235, 1237, 1238, 1240, 1247, 1250, 1252, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1259, 1261, 1262, 1265, 1266, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1300, 1302, 1304, 1305, 1307, 1308, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1318, 1319, 1321, 1324, 1325, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1342, 1345, 1347, 1348, 1350, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1383, 1387, 1389, 1391, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1401, 1402, 1404, 1405, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1422, 1424, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1449, 1451, 1452, 1454, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1466, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1503, 1504, 1508, 1512, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517


2. Self-defeating for W3C

The primary themes from the following emails were:

September: 0008, 0010, 0012, 0017, 0019, 0030, 0031, 0037, 0039, 0043, 0046, 0049, 0069, 0073, 0186, 0191, 0194, 0205, 0207, 0209, 0210, 0213, 0215, 0217, 0222, 0224, 0225, 0230, 0231, 0237, 0238, 0239, 0244, 0245, 0252, 0256, 0257, 0258, 0266, 0273, 0274, 0282, 0292, 0293, 0294, 0298, 0299, 0300, 0305, 0306, 0310, 0314, 0315, 0331, 0333, 0336, 0337, 0338, 0343, 0345, 0346, 0347, 0352, 0362, 0363, 0365, 0371, 0373, 0374, 0377, 0384, 0385, 0386, 0389, 0392, 0394, 0399, 0414, 0417, 0420, 0423, 0424, 0426, 0431, 0433, 0434, 0438, 0440, 0445, 0446, 0455, 0457, 0459, 0464, 0465, 0468, 0469, 0474, 0476, 0482, 0484, 0486, 0494, 0499, 0500, 0501, 0503, 0507, 0509, 0518, 0521, 0522, 0523, 0528, 0533, 0548, 0555, 0568, 0575, 0580, 0584, 0587, 0588, 0594, 0595, 0596, 0608, 0609, 0612, 0623, 0629, 0631, 0632, 0635, 0638, 0639, 0641, 0644, 0658, 0660, 0661, 0673, 0686, 0688, 0689, 0690, 0692, 0694, 0699, 0701, 0714, 0719, 0722, 0723, 0729, 0730, 0737, 0738, 0741, 0743, 0751

October: 0002, 0003, 0004, 0010, 0012, 0014, 0025, 0034, 0038, 0039, 0041, 0042, 0056, 0069, 0075, 0080, 0085, 0086, 0093, 0098, 0126, 0136, 0143, 0150, 0154, 0161, 0183, 0184, 0190, 0193, 0194, 0195, 0201, 0203, 0205, 0211, 0218, 0220, 0221, 0227, 0230, 0233, 0236, 0244, 0249, 0261, 0265, 0267, 0269, 0273, 0276, 0280, 0291, 0302, 0319, 0327, 0332, 0334, 0345, 0347, 0362, 0366, 0382, 0425, 0431, 0441, 0451, 0454, 0462, 0513, 0515, 0517, 0538, 0542, 0547, 0549, 0555, 0563, 0569, 0572, 0580, 0588, 0603, 0623, 0624, 0635, 0637, 0666, 0757, 0765, 0772, 0779, 0797, 0800, 0803, 0804, 0809, 0810, 0811, 0813, 0815, 0816, 0817, 0821, 0920, 0930, 0937, 0938, 0946, 0947, 0960, 0963, 1206, 1253, 1306, 1321, 1328, 1378, 1398, 1403, 1433, 1440, 1441, 1448, 1457, 1459, 1471, 1474, 1482, 1498, 1514


3. Conspiracy

September: 0041, 0245, 0247, 0250, 0254, 0256, 0274, 0277, 0282, 0284, 0287, 0290, 0292, 0295, 0297, 0299, 0300, 0302, 0311, 0315, 0317, 0318, 0330, 0331, 0375, 0380, 0434, 0467, 0507, 0551, 0556, 0558, 0575, 0646, 0747

October: 0007, 0014, 0020, 0022, 0034, 0138, 0181, 0184, 0190, 0199, 0205, 0213, 0214, 0219, 0230, 0233, 0234, 0240, 0243, 0249, 0259, 0327, 0366, 0422, 0423, 0428, 0429, 0434, 0438, 0445, 0448, 0451, 0452, 0460, 0463, 0465, 0466, 0477, 0491, 0495, 0501, 0511, 0514, 0522, 0524, 0528, 0543, 0561, 0602, 0605, 0608, 0986, 0988, 1242, 1248, 1249, 1441


4. Against Web/W3C/Internet philosophy/history

The primary themes from the following emails were:

September: 0007, 0018, 0020, 0022, 0023, 0024, 0027, 0028, 0029, 0032, 0033, 0034, 0035, 0036, 0040, 0045, 0048, 0050, 0052, 0053, 0058, 0062, 0064, 0067, 0068, 0070, 0074, 0168, 0170, 0176, 0180, 0181, 0187, 0193, 0198, 0200, 0203, 0216, 0224, 0227, 0230, 0231, 0233, 0235, 0237, 0239, 0240, 0241, 0243, 0244, 0245, 0247, 0251, 0252, 0254, 0255, 0257, 0259, 0260, 0263, 0264, 0265, 0266, 0267, 0273, 0274, 0276, 0278, 0279, 0284, 0286, 0287, 0288, 0289, 0292, 0295, 0297, 0298, 0299, 0301, 0304, 0305, 0307, 0308, 0309, 0310, 0314, 0316, 0318, 0343, 0349, 0360, 0362, 0363, 0369, 0372, 0384, 0387, 0394, 0401, 0404, 0421, 0425, 0443, 0452, 0481, 0487, 0497, 0498, 0500, 0502, 0506, 0508, 0511, 0513, 0514, 0515, 0516, 0520, 0529, 0530, 0533, 0587, 0590, 0591, 0593, 0597, 0598, 0603, 0604, 0611, 0613, 0615, 0616, 0622, 0633, 0634, 0640, 0648, 0649, 0651, 0652, 0657, 0659, 0665, 0670, 0675, 0680, 0687, 0707, 0708, 0710, 0711, 0713, 0716, 0717, 0720, 0724, 0726, 0727, 0728, 0731, 0732, 0734, 0739, 0745, 0749, 0752

October: 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0008, 0016, 0018, 0019, 0026, 0027, 0028, 0036, 0044, 0047, 0059, 0063, 0067, 0091, 0120, 0135, 0145, 0165, 0175, 0176, 0178, 0180, 0181, 0184, 0185, 0188, 0193, 0194, 0198, 0199, 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0210, 0211, 0212, 0213, 0214, 0215, 0217, 0218, 0219, 0220, 0221, 0222, 0223, 0224, 0225, 0227, 0228, 0229, 0231, 0233, 0234, 0236, 0239, 0241, 0242, 0243, 0244, 0245, 0246, 0247, 0248, 0249, 0251, 0252, 0253, 0258, 0275, 0283, 0350, 0351, 0358, 0365, 0369, 0370, 0372, 0389, 0397, 0400, 0403, 0425, 0442, 0447, 0452, 0458, 0472, 0477, 0480, 0501, 0504, 0506, 0516, 0518, 0519, 0520, 0521, 0523, 0526, 0527, 0529, 0530, 0532, 0533, 0534, 0535, 0536, 0539, 0540, 0544, 0546, 0548, 0550, 0551, 0552, 0553, 0557, 0558, 0559, 0560, 0564, 0568, 0570, 0571, 0576, 0577, 0581, 0583, 0584, 0587, 0593, 0592, 0595, 0596, 0599, 0613, 0622, 0628, 0629, 0630, 0646, 0656, 0754, 0755, 0759, 0763, 0769, 0774, 0777, 0784, 0785, 0788, 0789, 0792, 0794, 0795, 0808, 0816, 0819, 0823, 0825, 0826, 0831, 0918, 0923, 0924, 0925, 0926, 0927, 0932, 0933, 0934, 0935, 0938, 0944, 0945, 0946, 0949, 0951, 0952, 0953, 0955, 0958, 0960, 0963, 0964, 0965, 0966, 0968, 0969, 0971, 0973, 0974, 0976, 0979, 0982, 0984, 0987, 0991, 0994, 0996, 0997, 1167, 1168, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1216, 1217, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1229, 1232, 1233, 1236, 1241, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1260, 1273, 1274, 1276, 1281, 1288, 1290, 1305, 1310, 1312, 1321, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1352, 1363, 1368, 1369, 1392, 1404, 1410, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1422, 1425, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1437, 1438, 1440, 1441, 1446, 1448, 1450, 1455, 1457, 1459, 1473, 1474, 1486, 1488, 1498, 1511, 1514


5. RAND-encumbered specs will not be implemented

A number of reviewers commented that the fear that an implementation may infringe a patent is enough to dissuade adoption of the standard.

August:

September: 0042, 0066, 0185, 0221, 0272, 0273, 0276, 0280, 0288, 0299, 0314, 0318, 0319, 0356, 0358, 0368, 0436, 0447, 0485, 0519, 0524, 0587, 0616, 0676, 0735

October: 0001, 0037, 0043, 0047, 0054, 0168, 0183, 0194, 0198, 0201, 0213, 0220, 0233, 0236, 0244, 0246, 0362, 0397, 0425, 0531, 0643, 0661, 0758, 0770, 0773, 0825, 0921, 0931, 0940, 0941, 0957, 0959, 0982, 0989, 1169, 1288, 1400, 1419, 1434, 1441, 1459, 1482, 1489


6. Software patents are damaging

September: 0026, 0272, 0288, 0318, 0354, 0360, 0388, 0411, 0471, 0483, 0495, 0525, 0535, 0642, 0693, 0704, 0733, 0736

October: 0001, 0021, 0036, 0083, 0175, 0190, 0202, 0214, 0215, 0221, 0225, 0241, 0247, 0256, 0279, 0288, 0312, 0314, 0341, 0363, 0364, 0370, 0374, 0387, 0407, 0481, 0503, 0510, 0554, 0556, 0562, 0566, 0594, 0601, 0626, 0640, 0664, 0667, 0766, 0810, 0811, 0814, 0832, 0834, 0921, 1175, 1454, 1468


7. Support Alan Cox

September: 0172, 0184, 0197, 0236, 0251, 0256, 0274, 0275, 0281, 0295, 0303, 0545, 0558, 0561, 0563, 0569, 0576, 0592, 0600, 0602, 0609, 0681, 0747, 0751

October: 0034, 0052, 0055, 0057, 0072, 0203, 0263, 0296, 0316, 0338, 0346, 0356, 0362, 0370, 0375, 0405, 0565, 0766, 0767


8. Process concerns

September: 0179, 0220, 0266, 0267, 0282, 0296, 0297, 0298, 0308, 0561, 0564, 0587, 0599, 0601, 0609, 0617, 0623, 0643, 0655, 0689, 0690, 0702, 0703, 0712, 0736, 0750, 0751

October: 0000, 0001, 0005, 0025, 0052, 0053, 0065, 0081, 0086, 0091, 0095, 0105, 0124, 0128, 0130, 0137, 0146, 0155, 0159, 0160, 0166, 0177, 0179, 0182, 0186, 0195, 0209, 0210, 0221, 0254, 0505, 0620, 0662, 0757, 0808, 1352, 1372, 1378, 1514


9. Miscellaneous concerns

September:

More miscellaneous concerns: 0047, 0055, 0059

October:

More miscellaneous concerns: 0590, 1227


10. Miscellaneous comments

August:

September:

More miscellaneous comments: 0038, 0051

October:

More miscellaneous comments: 0507, 0537, 0545, 0567, 0573, 0574, 0575, 0578, 0579, 0582, 1173, 1214, 1215, 1231, 1239, 1243


11. Suggestions

September:

October:

More suggestions: 0043, 0060, 0512, 0659, 1174, 1228