[humanmarkup] Re: [humanmarkup-comment] HumanML Language ComponentsTasks

[Kurt Cagle <kurt@kurtcagle.net>]

Title: Re: [humanmarkup-comment] HumanML Language Components

>If you haven't been following the foofooraw on xml-dev about the W3C's rather fumbling patent policy, be >aware that there are some developments that we must also be aware of as we proceed in this arena.

 

This is sheer fucking idiocy on the part of the W3C. Not only are they explicitly going against the very mission that they set out for themselves, but they have done it in such a sneaky, underhanded manner that they've bought themselves a LOT of ill will. They've chosen a strawman argument (discovering encumbrances take too much time -- like there's a deadline for this stuff?!) and puffed it up into a piece of legalese that reads like it came from Microsoft's Legal division.

 

I suspect that if RAND passes, you'll see a significant movement on the part of OASIS to create open alternatives; the UN connection may end up pulling a LOT of weight. Additionally, this is likely to raise some very disturbing questions about how OPEN and accountable the W3C really is.

 

-- Kurt