His decision to make the web free and open rather than seeking royalties or other payment for it was vitally important. If he hadn't have done that I can't imag

His decision to make the web free and open rather than seeking royalties or other payment for it was vitally important. If he hadn't have done that I can't imagine it ever having taken off and it would be a very different world we live in. Then again, someone might have simply reverse engineered the technology and released their own free and open version.