Question on reuse of the XML spec

[Daniel Veillard]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 01:50:32AM -0800, Don Park wrote:
> Does anyone know what the policy is on using the XML spec's contents to
> create a rough draft of another spec?  I read through W3C's copyright
> policy page but there was nothing about this.
> 
> I realize that this is like Trotsky asking to borrow Stalin's good suit
> for a rally but it seems like a waste of excellent material to start
> from scratch.

  Don, 

 since the Copyright is a legal document we have put a FAQ online

   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/IPR-FAQ.html

if this doesn't cover your question, tell me I will try to get
more specific informations in your use case.

Daniel

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