Published on: 2014-03-20T02:03:09+00:00
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Payments Workshop has recently faced criticism for its requirement of Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) for participation. One individual, Odinn Cyberguerrilla, expressed disagreement with the proposal, arguing that the requirements hinder innovation and free thought. The CLA mandates that participants agree to license their Essential Claims under the W3C CLA RF Licensing Requirements, among other obligations. In response, someone pointed out that all specs created by the W3C are committed to be royalty-free, necessitating the need for CLAs to ensure contributions remain unencumbered by patents or royalties.Meanwhile, Brent Shambaugh has been actively working on use cases for the W3C payments workshop, specifically focusing on incorporating Bitcoin. He has shared a link to an editable wiki page where members of the Web Payments Community Group can contribute their ideas through pull requests. The template provided includes key use cases for the solution, regions, and currencies. The use cases aim to address various scenarios such as adding real money to the service, purchasing physical goods in the real world, paying for physical services, converting virtual money into paper currency, transferring funds between individuals (even if the recipient is not part of the service), buying products online, resolving disputes, viewing transactions, and ensuring wallet security.Brent, an enthusiastic Bitcoin advocate, invites others to contribute to the project and expresses gratitude for their time and involvement in shaping the future of web payments.
Updated on: 2023-08-01T07:59:45.336101+00:00