W3C Approved Patent Policy: Royalty Free Standards

Danny Weitzner writes "The World Wide Web Consortium has approved the W3C Patent Policy based on review by the W3C Advisory Committee and thanks to lots of input and cajoling from the Open Source community and slashdoters. Read the public Director's decision. We're the first major standards organization that sets the explicit goal of producing only standards that can be implemented without paying patent royalties. Our policy requires legal commitments from all who contribute to the development of Web standards that patents held by the contributor will be available on royalty-free terms. Both proprietary and open source software have been critical to the growth of the Web. With this policy, we intend to enabled continued innovation by both open source and proprietary development."

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Slashdoters ?

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doter ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dt)
intr.v. doted, doting, dotes

One who shows excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.

Fair enough :)