CERN placed the core World Wide Web software in the public domain on 30 April 1993.

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"CERN placed the core World Wide Web software in the public domain on 30 April 1993."

CERN's licensing history records the public-domain release of the Web client, server and common code library on 30 April 1993.

Source title Licensing the Web

Source authors CERN

Source year 1993

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