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[FYI] W3C bows to royalty-free pressure



http://news.com.com/2100-1001-965863.html

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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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