[Discussioni] Tim Berners-Lee sugli standard e i brevetti software

[Andrea Glorioso]

Ciao a tutti.

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=48800085

World Wide Web Inventor Warns Of Patent Licensing Royalty Threat
By  Steven Burke,  CRN
12:57 PM EDT Wed. Sep. 29, 2004

Speaking    at  the Emerging  Technologies    Conference  at M.I.T. on
Wednesday,   World Wide  Web    inventor  Tim  Berners-Lee said   that
royalty-free standards are key to advancing the online world.

Berners-Lee, director of  the  World Wide Web  Consortium  (W3C), told
several hundred  attendees   at the  MIT  conference  that it's  "very
important" that everyone involved makes  sure the Web is not  "tripped
up by software patents."

"If you want  a good laugh, go  look at patent applications," he said,
adding that  companies  seeking  royalties for patents  are  "always a
threat" to emerging technologies.

Companies building new   network functionality should "make   sure the
standards on  which  it  is    based are  royalty-free,"   Berners-Lee
said. "The  best thing you can do  is  to get  everybody  to commit to
whatever happens. They are not going  to charge you for implementing a
standard."

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