[KLUG Members] IBM, Microsoft plot Web takeover

[Chris Hansen]

 >I just read this and thought that I would pass it along.
 >I wonder...is this the beginning of the end of the Web?
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2861123,00.html


Am, I missing something?

This comes from the submission to the W3C in question:
(http://www.w3.org/Submission/2001/07/)


Declaration of International Business Machines Corporation:

IBM agrees to grant to the W3C, a perpetual,nonexclusive, royalty-free, 
world-wide
right and license under any IBM copyrights in this "Contribution" to copy,
publish and distribute the "Contribution", as well as a right and license of
the same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based
on, or incorporating all or part of the contribution.

IBM further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared by
the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.


Declaration of Microsoft Corporation:

Microsoft Corporation hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual, nonexclusive,
royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any Microsoft Corporation
copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and distribute the 
contribution,
as well as a right and license of the same scope to any derivative works
prepared by the W3C and based on, or incorporating all or part of the
contribution.

Microsoft Corporation further agrees that any derivative works of this
contribution prepared by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.


Wouldn't any implementation/adaptation of WSDL be the sole property of the W3C?

Chris