WWW went public on this day in 1993

The World Wide Web (WWW) was officially released into the public domain on April 30, 1993. On this day, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, made the source code for the world’s first web browser and editor freely available. They relinquished all intellectual property rights, allowing anyone to use, modify, and distribute the software without any fees or restrictions. This pivotal decision enabled the rapid and widespread adoption of the web, transforming it into the global information system we know today.