Nadja wrote:
Hello Denny Vrandecic I hope you have a lawyer who checks this, on a first 1 min glance at this page it doesnt look to me obvious that a collision (like when creating a classification scheme as described in my previous email and as John asked) is excluded, it looks more as the regulations mostly cover the issue about how you do your own licensing.
So sorry I still don't see this question answered. May be it helps if you could tell me exactly which paragraph in the regulations you think answers the above question. Moreover I had the question about wether you would try to go into negotiations with the ISO and/or find a sponsor if necessary.
greetings nad
Nadja,
I did not claim to have your question answered. I said I had answered John's question. Right now I am slightly confused about what your question is. Can you rephrase it and ask again? (The reference to "previous email" and links to the archive leave me merely more confused).
Also, I am not a lawyer.
The link to the patent policy page of the W3C describes the policy about how W3C standards are licensed. This covers such standards as RDF or OWL which we are using in the Wikidata development. W3C standards cover some of the most widely used standards on the Web, including HTML and XML, and have quite a track-record of having no IP issues.
Denny