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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/w3c-patent.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/w3c-patent.html index 0edae8c..d8bac1f 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/w3c-patent.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/w3c-patent.html @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> - +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws patents" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>FSF's Position on W3 Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, patent, general, public, license, gpl, general public license, policy, freedom, software, Eben, Moglen, Eben Moglen" /> <meta http-equiv="Description" content="The W3C RF patent policy seems on its surface to be helpful to Free Software, but in fact it is not. FSF encourages the public to say so in response to the last call." /> - <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/w3c-patent.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> - +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>FSF's Position on W3 Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy</h2> -<p style="text-align:center"> +<p> <i>Rewritten 1 June 2003</i> </p> @@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ The problem comes from the “field of use” restrictions that patent holders are allowed to put in their royalty-free patent licenses. Such restrictions say that you are allowed to practice the patented idea, but only for implementing the standard precisely as -specified — not in any other way. Thus, if you change the code +specified—not in any other way. Thus, if you change the code to depart from the spec even slightly, the patent license no longer protects you from against being sued for infringing the patent.</p> @@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ freedom has been taken away by restrictions not stated there.</p> <p> Freedom to modify software can always be limited by third-party patents in ways that the software copyright license doesn't disclose. -This is why software patents are <a href="http://www.ffii.org/">so +This is why software patents are <a href="https://ffii.org/">so dangerous to software freedom</a>.</p> <p>The FSF plans to continue to participate in the implementation @@ -81,11 +85,12 @@ process. We will try to convince patent-holders not to impose “field of use” restrictions, and we encourage all those who care about the right of Free Software developers to implement all future web standards to do the same.</p> +</div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -103,30 +108,47 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 2002, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to + files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should + be under CC BY-ND 4.0. 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