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Clarify IP requirements for non-member Change Proposals.


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   <li>Impact: Effects, both positive and negative, of the change. What conformance classes will have to change? What are the risks?</li>
 </ol>
 
-<p>Complete Change Proposals should be recorded somewhere in W3C
-space (wiki, dev.w3.org, archived mailing list) and the Working
-Group should be notified by email.</p>
+<p>Complete Change Proposals should be recorded somewhere in W3C space
+(wiki, dev.w3.org, archived mailing list) and the Working Group should
+be notified by email. If the author of the Change Proposal is not a
+member of the Working Group, then he or she should agree to the W3C
+Patent Policy and grant a non-exclusive copyright assignment as
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2007/06-invited-expert.html#L118">required
+for invited experts</a>.</p>
 
 <p>If a Change Proposal is not complete by the deadline (default one month), proceed to <a href="#escalation-step-2a">step 2.a</a>.
 </dd>

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