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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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>
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<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>]? </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