The Open Web Foundation Agreement

The Open Web Foundation has announced the availability of the Open Web Foundation Agreement. This agreement is meant to cover web-related specifications, ensuring that developers can implement those specifications with minimal fear of copyright or patent suits. "This reusable agreement is designed to be easily adopted by a wide range of specification communities and organizations as an alternative to the challenging -- and costly -- process of negotiating new licensing agreements every time. Specifications made available under the Open Web Foundation Agreement may include everything from small ad-hoc formats sketched out among friends to large multi-corporation collaborations that ultimately grow into international recognized standards with the help of formal standards setting organizations."

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