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Re: WWW /= W3C: Has W3C mission changed?

• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>
• Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:32:30 -0400

Jonathan Borden wrote:


> 2) Commercial entities that do not wish to, or are not able, to fully
> disclose their IPR should be prevented access to the relevent WG activities
> and internal discussions if such discussions are not otherwise publically
> available.

AFAIK (and IANAL), the W3C can't hold any IPRs, for it is not a
legal person.  The copyright notices, e.g., are in the names of MIT,
INRIA, and Keio.

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• References:
  • RE: W3C as Golden Goose (was RE: [Fwd: W3C ridiculous n ewpolicy on patents])
    • From: "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@S...>
  • WWW /= W3C: Has W3C mission changed?
    • From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>

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