W3C Patent Policy
Hello from Cleveland. We interrupt the radio silence to inform
you (in case you did not already know) that the W3C is
considering a draft to
“http://www.w3.org/TR/2001 00:00:00 AM/WD-patent-policy-20010816/”>allow
patents on web standards. The draft was introduced in August
with little attention, and the deadline for outside comments
slipped past while our collective attention was focused on the
the 9/11 attacks. The deadline for comments has since been
October 11, in response to loud protest from developers.
Imagine having to pay a licensing fee to develop technology that
utilizes CSS, XML or even HTML. Um, yeah, shouldn’t we be
involved in this before the technologies we use every day are
licensed away? Valuable links below:
“http://www.webstandards.org”>http://www.webstandards.org
“http://www.io.com/persist1/info/011001.html”>http://www.io.com/persist1/info/011001.html
“http://www.zeldman.com/”>http://www.zeldman.com/
http://www.scripting.com
Whether or not you support software patents, make sure you take
the time to read and make your voice heard on this issue.
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