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W3C Ponders RAND Again

Posted by Hemos on from the hurm-what-to-do-with-this dept.

simonstl writes "Three unnamed W3C participants have suggested a new RAND policy that would let the W3C into the business of charging royalties for patent-encumbered specs. No consensus yet, but they sure seem to keep trying."

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  1. Warcraft? by SpelledBackwards · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Offtopic, but am I the only one that reads W3C as WarCraft III every time I see it now?

  2. In Other News... by MadAhab · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In a recent cabal, the Illuminati pondered ratcheting back some of this new-fangled "freedom" that some people had been enjoying. Apparently the use of such "freedom" has been interfering with some rather important conspiracies recently. The alien landing, the zero-point-energy car, and the reason my sunglasses keep disappearing were safely handled with a cover-up, but some leaders privately worried that one of these days, the Grand Conspiracy of Everything might have less than complete control over the lives of humanity.

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    Expanding a vast wasteland since 1996.