29 Mar 2010 08:12
W3C discussing document copyrights
Harald Alvestrand <harald <at> alvestrand.no>
2010-03-29 06:12:50 GMT
2010-03-29 06:12:50 GMT
I feel like I've seen this discussion before.... http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/03/update_on_html_5_document_lice.html Excerpt: The result of discussion among the Membership is that there is strong support for: * a license that allows the reuse of excerpts in software, software documentation, test suites, and other scenarios; * a license (or licenses) that are familiar to the open source community; * processes that encourage innovation and experimentation about Web technology, so that work can be easily brought to W3C for standardization; * making the HTML Working Group a forum that is conducive to participation by the community at large; * ensuring that the HTML 5 specification remains valuable to the entire Web community (see an update from Philippe Le Hégaret on HTML <http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0323-html-plh/> that he presented to the Membership). In short, there is strong support in the Membership (but not unanimity) for all of the use cases cited by the HTML Working Group /except/ forking the specification. Several W3C Members do feel strongly that the document license should allow forking, however.
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