The World Wide Web Consortium has approved a new Patent Policy. The nitty-gritty of it is in this statement:
“In order to promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. Subject to the conditions of this policy, W3C will not approve a Recommendation if it is aware that Essential Claims exist which are not available on Royalty-Free terms.”
That sounds like good news for the future of web standards.
