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To: Win Smith who started this subject4/30/2003 4:57:26 AM
From: Elsewhere   of 603
 
Happy 10th Birthday, WWW!
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A declaration that the basic World-Wide Web software from CERN is in the public domain has been signed by H. Weber, CERN's Director for Administration and W. Hoogland, Director for Computing.

The declaration, signed on 30 April 1993, makes it clear that this is not a precedent for CERN software. It states, "CERN's intention is to further compatibility, common practices, and standards in networking and computer supported collaboration."

The declaration covers the "libwww" common code library, the line mode browser (www) and the W3 server (httpd).

The World-Wide Web (W3) is a global information system with a easy point-and click interface
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Homepage of the "father" Tim Berners-Lee:
w3.org
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