Conditions for Compensated Usage
Compensated Usage
This section does not apply to software
placed in the public domain.
We distinguish several categories
of users. If a user is in more than
one category, then the most stringent
conditions of those categories applies.Military
users are specifically excluded from
all categories.
Passive users
They use the W3 to access information
but do not themselves provide any
W3 support nor do they make data
available to themselves or to the
W3 user community.
Rule: these users pay a nominal fee
per installed copy of browser modules.
See price list in appendix A (page
6).
Information providers
They use W3 and make available data.
There are two categories:
Providers of free information:
Rule: If the information is freely
available on the public Internet,
then there is no fee for use of the
software as long as the information
is maintained. If maintenace is stopped,
for whatever reason, CERN reserves
the right to reclassify the user
as a passive user. The rights include
all modules available from CERN.
Users in closed systems:
Rule: If W3 is used within a closed
company or organisation, providing
no service to the outside, then that
organisation should pay a reasonable
commercial fee.
Condition: any set consisting of
one browser type, one server type
and one gateway: single license 500
ECU, site license up to 500 users:
25 kECU, higher to be negotiated.
Development Consortium members
These are companies or organizations
who wish to incorporate part or all
of the W3 software and/or ideas into
their own products, which they then
use and/or resell.
Rule: Compensation should always
be made. A license will always be
non-exclusive.
Condition: one of three standard
options can be negotiated for compensation
- in payment, at 20% of CERN development
cost, currently 100 kECU,
- in kind, as a sharing of source code
for a W3 related product with other
consortium members, if this is of
interest to CERN;
- in kind, by manpower contribution
to the software effort, consisting
in at least six months qualified
programmer effort on the CERN site.
Successful applicants will be known
as members of the "World-Wide Web
consortium".
Academic and Educational Government
Bodies of non-member states
These are large bodies who can benefit
from W3 in the running of their internal
information systems, but have no
commercial goals.
Rule: These bodies should be treated
as developers. However, they will
usually be able and willing to contribute
to the W3 consortium by providing
manpower or computing resources to
strengthen the W3 project.Conditions:
as for developers.