I first spotted this Wired article summarized in the blurb below from NewScan Daily (May 22, 2003). Anything that continues to keep the Web open will certainly support efforts to provide expanded access to online instructional resources. Slides for Berners-Lee's keynote talk on "Web Services--Semantic Web" are available at http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/0521-www-keynote-tbl/. The full W3C Patent Policy statement is linked in the enclosure.
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BERNERS-LEE SAYS NEW POLICY WILL KEEP THE WEB FREE
Touting the recently announced W3C Patent Policy, Web creator Tim
Berners-Lee told participants at the 12th International World Wide Web
Conference that in order for the Web to flourish, it must remain open,
nonproprietary, innovative, free and inclusive. The W3C Patent Policy,
which is aimed at reducing the threat of patents blocking future Web
infrastructure developments, is designed to discourage revenue-generating strategies that "work by forcing standards-compliant applications to pay
licensing fees· While the policy necessarily involved choices that could be perceived as threatening certain business models, I believe that this policy is the right one, from a revenue perspective, for all who seek to contribute to the development of the Web and who ultimately seek to profit from its growth. However, it does not preclude licensing activity for all technologies on the Web. Indeed, by supporting the continued growth of the underlying Web infrastructure and by growing the overall market for the
Web, this policy increases the opportunity for financial gain (including patent licenses) on applications that depend upon the Web." (Wired.com 22 May 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58942,00.html
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