Tim Berners-Lee and the Development of the World Wide Web

In 1990, English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the software known as the World Wide Web. He envisioned the Web as a way for everyone in the world to be able to work together to solve the common problems of humanity. Then, so that his invention could become the best it possibly could be, in 1993 Berners-Lee gave away the rights to URIs, HTTP, and HTML—all programs he had designed to make the Web possible. As he continues to guide the progress of his invention, he strives to ensure that the World Wide Web will always serve the public good.