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The W3C has formed a Patent Advisory Group (PAG) in response to the Eolas mess. The group’s mission to evaluate the issues that the Eolas patent court ruling will bring to the web. So far they have (another) mailing list, a home page and a FAQ–which doesn’t really have any new answers, but then right now no one really does.
The only noteable—although not new information—from the FAQ:
“Q. Does W3C plan to ask the community for help in identifying prior art?
“A. This is under consideration, and was successfully used in the context of W3C work on P3P patent infringement allegations.”
More Eolas patent background and articles on this site.
via Zeldman