- From: Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:31:06 +0200
- To: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
- CC: public-html-admin@w3.org
On 01/05/2013 22:49 , Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: > Today the W3C Director proposed to the W3C Membership a draft revision > to the HTML Working Group charter: > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/charter/2013/ > > The charter is unique because of a provision that would let the group > decide whether to publish extension specifications under CC-BY, which is > more permissive than W3C's Document License. The proposal intends to > encourage collaboration. [Speaking personally] Using the RF policy in conjunction with a truly open copyright license provides for both the widest ability to innovate in the farthest reaches of the Web (through the open license) while at the same time maintaining a particularly strong incentive to bring such innovation back to the W3C for consensual alignment and interoperability (through the RF policy). I know that many of the larger companies have a knee-jerk reaction at the mere suggestion of an open license. It is perceived as coming from the usual sandal-toting suspects, as political, if not as nonsense. Nothing could be further from the truth: using RF and CC-BY together is quite simply what makes the most business and strategic sense if your business interests are aligned with having the best open web platform we can get. I strongly support this, and strongly encourage all of you to support it too. If you work for a W3C member company, talk to your AC rep! -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
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