W3C Publishes "Current Patent Practices"

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W3C Publishes "Current Patent Practices"

Posted by Hemos on Friday January 25, 2002 @01:58AM from the keep-ya-up-at-night-reading dept.

jdaly writes "Given the interest Slashdot readers have shown in W3C's Patent Policy, I would like to provide an update and pointer to the most recent document published by W3C on Patent Issues. The W3C has published Current Patent Practice as a W3C Note. Reviewed by the W3C Advisory Board, the Note represents the current state of W3C patent practice as implemented by the Team for W3C Recommendations. "

From the document: This current practice has evolved in order to satisfy the goal held by a number of W3C Members and significant parts of the larger Web community: that W3C Recommendations should be, as far as possible, implementable on a Royalty-Free basis [AC]. The current practice described here seeks to

establish Royalty-Free implementation as a goal for Recommendations produced by new and re-chartered Working Groups;
encourage maximum disclosure of patents that might prevent a W3C Recommendation from being implemented on a Royalty-Free basis;
provide a process for addressing situations in which the goal of Royalty-Free implementation may not be attainable.

It serves as a guide for W3C Activities between now and when the policy developed by the Patent Policy Working Group is finalized. The policy is currently a Working Draft. Comments are welcome on the _publicly_ archived mailing list www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org.

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.......Post

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Here it is by java_sucks · 2002-01-25 02:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I claim this first post for the baby Jesus !!!!

LONG LIVE JESUS !!!!!!
theregister.... by MrBandersnatch · 2002-01-25 02:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

theregister had all of these stories HOURS ago, in fact both the last 2 I read this morning there......less slashdot more slashreg ;)
1. Re:theregister.... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-25 02:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
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I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
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