The recent controversy swirling around O’Reilly Media and Ireland based nonprofit group over the use of the term of ‘Web 2.0′ seems to have been resolved cordially. It is reported that O’Reilly has apologized for setting up lawyers against the upcoming conference using the term ‘Web 2.0′ before speaking to them.



What’s more, O’Reilly has granted permission to convene the conference with the term ‘Web 2.0′. O’Reilly has received fierce criticism recently from every quarter on its conduct over the issue.



Moreover, O’Reilly was quick to maintain that Web 2.0 is a service mark of the company and other future conferences, which would use the term Web 2.0 will have to take prior permission from the company.



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