Charters must now include IPR information e.g. whether there is reason to believe it will be difficult to meet the RF goals of the Patent Policy. This requirement was on Activity Proposals. ISSUE-121
authorcharles
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:26:22 +0400
changeset 124 f12a112fa42e
parent 123 1b0923a94ba3
child 125 51dc7ba34dc4
Charters must now include IPR information e.g. whether there is reason to believe it will be difficult to meet the RF goals of the Patent Policy. This requirement was on Activity Proposals. ISSUE-121
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@@ -1420,14 +1420,6 @@
           Activity. The proposal <span class="rfc2119">MUST</span> include or
           reference the following information:</p>
         <ul>
-          <li>Intellectual property information. What are the intellectual
-            property (including patents and copyright) considerations affecting
-            the success of the Activity? In particular, is there any reason to
-            believe that it will be difficult to meet the Royalty-Free licensing
-            goals of section 2 of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C
-              Patent Policy</a> [<a href="#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>]? <span
-              class="issue">Should we put this requirement on charters? <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/w3process/track/issues/121">ISSUE-121</a><br>
-            </span></li>
         </ul>
       </section>
       <section id="ChapterGroups">
@@ -1791,6 +1783,12 @@
           <li>The expected time commitment and level of involvement by the Team
             (e.g., to track developments, write and edit technical reports,
             develop code, or organize pilot experiments).</li>
+          <li>Intellectual property information. What are the intellectual
+            property (including patents and copyright) considerations affecting
+            the success of the Group? In particular, is there any reason to
+            believe that it will be difficult to meet the Royalty-Free licensing
+            goals of section 2 of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy">W3C
+              Patent Policy</a> [<a href="#ref-patentpolicy">PUB33</a>]?&nbsp;</li>
         </ul>
         <p>See also the charter requirements of <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy#sec-Licensing">section
             2</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy#sec-Obligations">section