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W3C Poised To Release New Patent Policy

Posted by timothy on from the weasel-avoidance dept.

egoff writes "According to ComputerWorld, the Patent Policy Working Group at the W3C is ready to release a new proposal for dealing with technology patents that get in the way of creating web standards. While making no comment, the W3C was seeking public input for its Royalty Free Patent Policy until April 30th."

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  1. If I don't like their new patent policy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I plan to patent it and stop them from using it!

  2. Hey... by craenor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Bezos already had this patent...

  3. Um, April 30th was 3 weeks ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Thanks for the old news

  4. April 30? by numbski · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good to know they gave us so much time to comment...

    Negative numbers or division by 0 and core dump? :)

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  5. Re:Europeans, get your act together by shaitand · · Score: 3, Funny

    French, we all know your government is pissed at the united states over iraq, use it, point out the American government is trying to force it's corporate domination on other countries like it has it's own people! (hell if they buy it, I'll move to france ;) )

  6. The trouble with the French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.

  7. I have to p by anonymous+loser · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what you're saying is you plan to pre-emptively patent their policy to prevent patent proliferation? Preposterous!