W3C Patent Policy

W3C policy adopted on 5 February 2004 so that its Recommendations can be implemented on a royalty-free basis: participants commit to license patents essential to a specification without charge.

Read the memo ↗ W3C

Also at w3.org/policies/patent-policy

Part of the thread Who sets the standard? proposes

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