Sir Tim Berners-Lee, one of the original developers of the Web, decided to auction off the source code that made it possible to create the Internet as we know it today.
The Briton entrusted the sale to Sotheby's, which will offer the programming information in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), reports the
BBC
.
The unique digital property token, however, does not guarantee content exclusivity.
The proceeds from the sale of the tamper-proof NFT will be donated to various charities selected by Tim Berners-Lee and his wife, Sotheby's said.
The announcement of the IT specialist's approach greatly astonished specialists in the sector.
The man is known to never have sought to derive direct financial profit from his invention, for example by registering patents relating to it.
The auctions open until June 30
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) that Sir Tim worked for when he wrote the World Wide Web code in 1990 and 1991 had given up all of its intellectual property rights to the system.
The organization even made it an open access technology in 1993. The lot offered for sale is an NFT made up of four distinct elements.
These include a total of nearly 10,000 lines of computer code.
A digital letter written by Tim Berners-Lee in README format, an "animated interpretation" of the writing of the code, a drawing in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format and the original dated source code files are all offered as a certificate. unique property.
Online auctions are open until June 30, 2021.
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