Snap: How the father of the World Wide Web plans to reclaim it from Facebook and Google posted by drunkenninja
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  • RoamingGnome
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    I wonder why he didn't monetize it? I get the idealism. But, in the end, he knew other people would makes billions, why not get a piece of the pie?

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    • kxh
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      I remember someone saying: If Berners-Lee had patented html he would have made a fortune. Someone else replied, if he had patented html it would never have taken off. And that's the point. It took off because it was free.

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