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[FYI] W3C bows to royalty-free pressure
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- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:20:15 +0100
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W3C bows to royalty-free pressure
By Margaret Kane
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 14, 2002, 12:10 PM PT
An Internet standards body has decided to drop a controversial
proposal that would have allowed patent holders to charge royalties
on technology used in Web standards.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a standards body that oversees
some Internet protocols, has today released a last-call working draft
of its policy on patents. In an earlier draft, the proposal allowed
companies with patent rights on technology behind standards
authorized by the W3C to demand royalties from companies using those
standards. It now states that all members who participate in a
proposed standard must agree to license any relevant patents on a
royalty-free basis.
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See
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-patent-policy-20021114/
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