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W3C Revises Patent Royalty Policy

Posted by michael on from the doing-the-right-thing dept.

Jeff Heaton writes: "Looks like W3C is backing down on allowing companies to charge royalties for technologies that are incorporated into a W3C standard. In a controversial proposal made public last fall, the consortium debated whether to allow companies to charge royalty fees if their technologies are used in a standard." The new draft is online.

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  1. Here we go again... by NOT-2-QUICK · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    It would appear that revisions of the W3C's patent policies is becoming a frequent task... As you can see here, W3C's patent practices were changed barely more that a month ago of January 24, 2002.

    Additionally, you can see what the Slashdot community had to say about it then in this article posting!!!

    Have fun...and I guess I'll see you all back here in about a month or so for the next revision... ;-)

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  2. The W3C doesn't Create Standards!!! by dcocos · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The W3C makes recommendations. If their recommendation is used by enough people it is a defacto standard, but it still isn't a W3C "Standard"