Statement Concerning CERN W 3 Software Release Into Public Domain by CERN Lyrics
Public Domain Document of 30 April 1993
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
CERN
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCHSTATEMENT CONCERNING CERN W3 SOFTWARE RELEASE INTO PUBLIC DOMAIN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Introduction
The World Wide Web, hereafter referred to as W 3, is a global computer networked information system.
The W 3 project provides a collaborative information system independent of hardware and software platform, and physical location. The project spans technical design notes, documentation, news, discussion, educational material, personal notes, publicity, bulletin boards, live status information and numerical data as a uniform continuum, seamlessly integrated with similar information in other disciplines.
The information is presented to the user as a web of interlinked documents.
Acces to information through W 3 is:
- via a hypertext model;
- network based, world wide;
- information format independent;
- highly platform/operating system independent;
- scalable from local notes to distributed data bases.
Webs can be independent, subsets or supersets of each other. They can be local, regional or worldwide. The documents available on a web may reside on any computer supported by that web.
Declaration
The following CERN software is hereby put into the public domain:
- W 3 basic (“line-mode”) client
- W 3 basic server
- W 3 library of common code.
CERN’s intention in this is to further compatibility, common practices, and standards in networking and computer supported collaboration. This does not constitute a precedent to be applied to any other CERN copyrighted software.
CERN relinquishes all intellectual property rights to this code, both source and binary form and permission is granted for anyone to use, duplicate, modify, and redistribute it.
CERN provides absolutely NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND with respect to this software. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of this software is with the user. IN NO EVENT WILL CERN BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
Geneva, 30 April 1993
(Signed)
W. Hoogland
Director of Research
H. Weber
Director of Administration
(Stamped)
CERN
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
DIVISION DES FINANCES
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
CERN
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCHSTATEMENT CONCERNING CERN W3 SOFTWARE RELEASE INTO PUBLIC DOMAIN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Introduction
The World Wide Web, hereafter referred to as W 3, is a global computer networked information system.
The W 3 project provides a collaborative information system independent of hardware and software platform, and physical location. The project spans technical design notes, documentation, news, discussion, educational material, personal notes, publicity, bulletin boards, live status information and numerical data as a uniform continuum, seamlessly integrated with similar information in other disciplines.
The information is presented to the user as a web of interlinked documents.
Acces to information through W 3 is:
- via a hypertext model;
- network based, world wide;
- information format independent;
- highly platform/operating system independent;
- scalable from local notes to distributed data bases.
Webs can be independent, subsets or supersets of each other. They can be local, regional or worldwide. The documents available on a web may reside on any computer supported by that web.
Declaration
The following CERN software is hereby put into the public domain:
- W 3 basic (“line-mode”) client
- W 3 basic server
- W 3 library of common code.
CERN’s intention in this is to further compatibility, common practices, and standards in networking and computer supported collaboration. This does not constitute a precedent to be applied to any other CERN copyrighted software.
CERN relinquishes all intellectual property rights to this code, both source and binary form and permission is granted for anyone to use, duplicate, modify, and redistribute it.
CERN provides absolutely NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND with respect to this software. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of this software is with the user. IN NO EVENT WILL CERN BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
Geneva, 30 April 1993
(Signed)
W. Hoogland
Director of Research
H. Weber
Director of Administration
(Stamped)
CERN
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
DIVISION DES FINANCES