Forking the Web
October 4th, 2001
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ruce Perens has responded to the W3C’s patent proposal in this article at The Register. The W3C’s proposed policy allows for standards that incorporate patents that are available for non-disctrimintory license fees, which pretty much shuts out open source software. My response to the W3C was that you’ll just end up getting forks like Ogg Vorbis and PNG.
