Jeff, Le 19 nov. 2013 à 12:57, Jeff Jaffe <[email protected]> a écrit : > I wasn't there at the time, so maybe you are right that W3C reversed itself.
if you want a trip into the memory lane :) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/ Summary: In August 2001, the Patent Policy WG put forward a WD Last Call proposing Royalty Free for essential standards and RAND for others. http://www.w3.org/2001/08/patentnews http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-patent-policy-20010816/ Then the storm started… a big storm. On October 2, 2001, after hundreds of messages and discussions here and there, the W3C answered the comments of the public on the WD. http://www.w3.org/2001/10/patent-response But still with RAND enabled into the patent policy. More storm… bigger. And outrage from some members of the community. Some companies clearly on the side of patents, some completely against. On October 13, 2001, W3C announces the next steps. People from the open source community joined the Working Group as invited expert. (Eben Moglen and Bruce Perens). And a 2nd public Last Call was started. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-patentpolicy-comment/2001Oct/1559 On January 24, 2002, a note is published on W3C current patent practice. http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124 On February 26, 2002, a **Royalty-Free** patent policy working draft is published with Press release and historical context. http://www.w3.org/2002/02/pp-update-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-patent-policy-20020226/ http://www.w3.org/2002/02/25-pwd-summary On November 14, 2002, a Last Call for this new Royalty Free patent policy http://www.w3.org/2002/11/patentwd-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-patent-policy-20021114/ On March 19, 2003, Comment on the final draft http://www.w3.org/2003/03/19-patentsummary.html http://www.w3.org/2003/03/patentpolicy-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-patent-policy-20030319/ On May 21, 2003, W3C approves the Patent Policy http://www.w3.org/2003/05/12-director-patent-decision-public.html http://www.w3.org/2003/05/patentpolicy-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20030520.html Pfew… Some members left. The community is at peace again and we all worked toward an open Web. On September 23, 2003, first case of patent attack, the Eolas court case. http://www.w3.org/2003/09/pag.html Hope it helps. -- Karl Dubost http://www.la-grange.net/karl/
