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Ein "Zeitzeichen" (MP3) #audio.http://tech-insider.org/internet/research/1993/0507.htmlA declaration that the basic World-Wide Web software from CERN is inthe public domain has been signed by H. Weber, CERN's Director forAdministration and W. Hoogland, Director for Computing.The declaration, signed on 30 April 1993, makes it clear that thisis not a precedent for CERN software. It states, "CERN's intentionis to further compatibility, common practices, and standards innetworking and computer supported collaboration."The declaration covers the "libwww" common code library, the linemode browser (www) and the W3 server (httpd).The World-Wide Web (W3) is a global information system with aeasy point-and click interface. It provides access to almost allexisting Internet-based information as well as a whole new worldof data presented to the user as multimedia hypertext.  By a sequenceof hypertext jumps and text searches, anyone can find his way thoughthe mass of information available all over the world.The High Energy Physics community, of which CERN is a Europeancenter, already uses W3 extensively.  In all there are more than 70servers around the world providing data using special W3 protocols,including such diverse areas as hypertext of US law from the LegalInformation Institute at Cornell University, to the "ThesaurusLinguarum Hiberniae" collection of medaeval Irish manuscripts fromUniversity College, Cork.