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Open Web Foundation formed |
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Written by Daniel
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
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Non-profit group supported by Google, Facebook aims to protect non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies
By Paul Krill
July 25, 2008
InfoWorld
The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an "Open Web," was announced Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore.
Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the development and protection of non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies. The effort was announced by David Recordon of blogging tools maker Six Apart. As described on its Web page, the foundation "is an attempt to create a home for community-driven specifications. Following the open source model similar to the Apache Software Foundation, the foundation is aimed at building a lightweight framework to help communities deal with the legal requirements necessary to create successful and widely adopted specification." [Comments...]
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