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W3C rejects net patent tax, avoids web schism

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28135.html

W3C rejects net patent tax, avoids web schism

By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco

Posted: 16/11/2002 at 01:31 GMT

The web standards consortium W3C has agreed on a policy that should prevent nasty royalty surprises for developers in the future.

The latest draft from the W3C's patent policy group stipulates that participants must agree to license patents on a royalty-free basis. W3C-blessed web standards have always been royalty-free, but last year the W3C countenanced a twin-track approach, adding RAND licensing as an option.

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